Industry

The Privatisation Program (Propriv 2019-2022) launched in 2019, has been one of the main “flags” of Angolan President João Lourenço’s government along the road of Angolan economy liberalisation. [...]

Up to 1,200 jobs will be created in Évora thanks to a contract to manufacture the new ATL-100 plane. It will be the first plane to be completely made in Portugal and will come in both civilian [...]

The British mining company Savannah is looking to mine around 30,000 tonnes of lithium per annum from 2022. David Archer, CEO of Savannah Resources told ECO online that lithium production at the [...]

The importance of finding strategies that can optimise the potential of urban spaces is key to the successful development of Portugal’s towns and cities. This is according to the President of the [...]

Portugal was the largest manufacturer of bicycles in the European Union in 2019, overtaking the usual top contender, Italy. According to Eurostat, which made a comparison between the production [...]

Portugal had made the Top 20 list of world footwear manufacturers for 2019 according to the World Footwear Yearbook 2020. It returned to the Top 20 list of largest producers worldwide in 20th [...]

The PSA Group has purchased the Portuguese second-hand car part company Amanhã Global –  B-Parts. PSA (Peugeot, Citroen and Opel) has purchased the Portuguese company Amanhã Global, which [...]

Portugal has decided to stop using coal in its power stations two years ahead of schedule. The Portuguese energy giant EDP has announced that it will close its coal fired power plant at Sines [...]

One of Portugal’s oldest civic associations, which debates questions surrounding the economy, has launched a reindustrialisation manifesto aimed at saving Portugal’s economy. SEDES (The [...]

An investigation by newspaper Público has revealed that — despite what it may have said earlier this year — the Government has actually gone ahead and signed 16 contracts with mining companies [...]