2009-11-04

Three consortiums are participating in a tender to build the second container terminal (TEC) at Mexican Colima state's Manzanillo port and operate it under a 20-year concession, API Manzanillo's deputy marketing head Leobardo Robles Castro told BNamericas.   The TEC will cover nearly 80ha of ...

2009-11-04

Argentina's biggest cement firm Loma Negra, owned by Brazil's Camargo Corrêa, plans to invest US$40mn in the next two years to increase production at its plants in Buenos Aires and Catamarca provinces, the Argentine industry and tourism ministry reported in a release.   The expansion pl...

2009-11-04

Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities are scheduled to meet on November 4 in Paraguay's Presidente Franco city to discuss the location of the second bridge over the Paraná river, Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) said in a release.   The Brazilian government is ...

2009-11-03

The government of the Dominican Republic is spending 20bn pesos (US$553mn) on infrastructure and waterworks in the country's eastern provinces, according to President Leonel Fernández.   Fernández was inspecting works on the US$400mn El Coral highway in La Altagracia province, w...

2009-11-03

Nine local and international firms have presented bids to carry out maintenance work on a package of highways in Panama province's circuit A, Panama's public works ministry (MOP) reported on its website.   The highways included in the package are the 23.95km Puente de las Américas-Arra...

2009-11-03

While countries like the US and the UK are still wallowing in the global economic crisis, some Latin American economies have proven to be fairly resilient and are already on the rebound. Commodity-based economies like Brazil, which are not too reliant on the US, have been able to latch onto demand f...

2009-11-03

The Chilean congress has approved changes made to the country's concessions law and the public works ministry (MOP) hopes the document will be approved by the constitutional tribunal (TC) by December, a public works ministry official told BNamericas.   A mixed committee from the lower house f...

2009-11-02

Brazilian container terminal operator Santos Brasil reported a 21.1mn-real (US$12mn) net profit for Q3, up 0.5% from the 21mn reais reported in 3Q08, according to a company release.   Net revenue dropped 13.2% year-over-year to 166mn reais from 191mn reais. Ebitda was 60.7mn reais, down 25.3%...