Oil & Services Deal: British Apertura Energy agreed to buy Brazil’s Conterp Group Plc for £25m, aiming to scale oilfield services and expand into Venezuela using Conterp’s Petrobras and Eneva client base. Mining Automation: Vale and ABB signed a strategic alliance to roll out advanced automation, AI and integrated IT/OT across Vale’s iron ore plants in Brazil, building on the 25% productivity gains at Conceição II. Cybersecurity: Cloudflare’s H1 2026 DDoS report flags a surge in 1 Tbps+ attacks and more multi-vector campaigns, with DNS floods and HTTP floods increasingly combined. Rural Energy Access: IRENA and partners highlighted how solar plus micro-hydro and battery storage can power rural livelihoods across Latin America, stressing that electricity must connect to local value chains. Brazil Commodities & Metals: Solis Minerals reported visual pegmatite intersections at its Mandacaru lithium drilling in Brazil while preparing a copper campaign in Peru. BRICS Finance Push: India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged BRICS and multilateral banks to create conditions that unlock private capital for infrastructure, with New Development Bank involvement in focus. Aviation: Cirrus received ANAC certification for its G3 Vision Jet, clearing deliveries and operations in Brazil. Tech & Health: A Brazil-linked research update describes dye-free cell imaging using AI and Raman spectroscopy, pointing to more precise diagnostics.