2009-10-07

Brazilian tollroad operator CCR (Bovespa: CCRO3) has delayed the start of the period for investors to reserve shares to October 13 from October 12, local press reported.   Investors can reserve shares until October 20 and pricing will be set on October 21.   CCR is planning to sell at ...

2009-10-07

US-based construction firm Construcción Inteligente de América (Ciasa) will invest over US$100mn to install more than 10 plants in Mexico over the next three years, local press reported.   The firm manufactures innovative building materials that can reduce construction time by 6...

2009-10-07

Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) has spent over 600mn pesos (US$43.9mn) on road improvements in rural areas of southwestern state Chiapas in the first nine months of this year, paper Milenio reported.   The money was used to modernize and repair some 156km of roads, accord...

2009-10-07

Chile's public works (MOP) minister Sergio Bitar and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) inaugurated an international conference to discuss urban and territorial sustainable development on Tuesday, MOP reported in a release.   The event is being held in capi...

2009-10-07

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy signed a technical cooperation agreement to develop port logistics on October 5, São Paulo port authority Codesp reported in a release.   The agreement involves management technology, plann...

2009-10-07

Chile's transport and telecommunications ministry (MTT) will decide sometime this month between two contenders for the contract to provide fleet management software for Santiago's integrated mass transport system Transantiago, local paper El Mercurio reported.   The bidding will be between Sp...

2009-10-07

Mexico's government and the private sector invested 2.55bn pesos (US$189mn) in railway infrastructure during H1, the transport and communications ministry (SCT ) said in a release.   The figure represents an 18% year-on-year increase from 2.37bn pesos.   Some 1.14bn of the money came f...

2009-10-05

Rio de Janeiro will be the first South American city to host the Olympic Games in 2016. By a vote of 66 to 32 on Friday, the Brazilian city was chosen over Madrid, after Tokyo and Chicago were eliminated in an earlier vote. "I honestly believe it is Brazil's time," President Luiz In&aa...