Industry

New European FFP2 face mask rules could harm Portugal’s textile industry says an industry representative. European countries are making the introduction and use of FFP1 or FFP2 face masks [...]

The Portuguese shoe industry has launched an ambitious marketing campaign after a year which saw shoe sales fall both at home and abroad. Portuguese international shoe exports enjoyed a [...]

Portugal’s largest and most successful international construction giant Mota-Engil is gaining ground internationally in terms of current project contracts worth €4Bn. One large contract to build [...]

Although the Covid-19 pandemic dragged many sectors of the economy down with the worst results on record, some sectors in Portugal did well in 2020 despite the lockdown. According to the National [...]

  Angola’s industrialisation has become one of the main goals of the current government under the leadership of the President of the Republic João Lourenço. www.cedesa.pt The Angolan [...]

After the marked interest from the Swedish company Northvolt in mining and refining lithium ore in Portugal, the US has now decided it wants to invest in lithium production in the country. The [...]

Portugal’s Navalrocha Shipyard is ramping up work in target markets — including BWTS, research vessel and tugboat sectors — with a strong list of projects already booked for 2021. [...]

The Portuguese energy company Galp is in negotiations to sell refined lithium to the Swedish company Northvolt. Financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Swedish firm is to build [...]

The Portuguese Government’s ‘recovery Tsar’ António Costa Silva outlined the Strategic Vision for Portugal’s Economic Recovery Plan 2020-2030 at the American Club of Lisbon this month. by Chris [...]

Economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira has admitted that original forecasts for Portugal’s post-pandemic recovery were too optimistic. They will need to be ‘revised’ when the 2021 State Budget is [...]