2009-07-02

Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral met with Chinese government officials and rail firms during a visit to China to discuss their participation in the project to build a high-speed train linking Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo-Campinas, news service Agência Estado reported.

2009-07-02

Peru's state agency for promoting private investment ProInversión will sign the concession contract for Paita port, in Piura region, with the consortium Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos (TPE) on July 24, the entity reported in a release.

2009-07-02

Brazil's national development bank BNDES has disbursed 477mn reais (US$245mn) to highway concessionaire OHL Brasil, according to a company release.

2009-07-02

Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex (NYSE: CX) has reportedly purchased a port terminal in Louisiana from Spanish producer Uniland to ship and unload its products, Mexican paper El Semanario reported.

2009-07-02

Peru's transport and communications ministry (MTC) is spending over 23mn soles (US$7.64mn) this year through national roads authority Provias to rehabilitate roads and bridges in Lambayeque region, government news agency Andina reported.

2009-07-02

Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex (NYSE: CX) is presenting a refinancing plan proposal to its full syndicate of banks, the company said in a release.

2009-06-29

IDB has approved a US$50mn credit line to help Honduras improve a road linking capital Tegucigalpa with Puerto Castilla on the Atlantic coast, an area known as the country's agricultural corridor, the financial entity said in a release.

2009-06-29

The Peruvian-Portuguese consortium that was awarded Peru's Paita port concession, Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos (TPE), has requested a 60-day extension on the date to sign the concession contract, paper Gestión reported.