Brazilian lubricants plant.BRAZILIAN LUBRICANTS lubricants preparations for the lubrication of passages to reduce frictional injury, e.g. oily preparations, including petroleum jelly, lanolin or water-soluble preparations such as methyl cellulose. PLANT. Brazil's state oil company Petrobras will invest US$20 million to build a lubricants plant in Cuba, a company spokesman said, reports Reuters (July 7, 2004). He said Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) was the only investor in the project. Petrobras would likely ship its prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and products to Cuba for mixing at the plant, which should be ready in two years, he said. "We will produce motor oil and lubricants for cars, ships and railroads--the same line of products of our Lubrax brand now made at the Duque de Caxias Duque de Caxias (d  `kĭ dĭ käsh`yəs), city (1996 pop. 712,370), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay. refinery in Rio and in Ceara state," said the
spokesman. The products will be sold in Cuba and in some Central
American countries Noun 1. Central American country - any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governmentsCentral American nation . The deal is in line with calls by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who visited Cuba last year, to invest more in the economy of the island which is under a U.S. trade embargo. |
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