2009-06-12

The Mintzer Group, which represents a large number of US companies, is considering investing more than US$200mn in infrastructure and housing projects in Peru in the medium term, president Judy Mintzer said.

2009-06-12

Chilean cement firm Cementos San Juan, controlled by Spanish group Cementos La Unión, expects to expand its operations in two years, Cementos San Juan's general manager Juan José Córdova told BNamericas.

2009-06-12

As Spanish cement group Cementos La Unión's Cementos San Juan prepares to launch operations in Chile, the group is eying at least four other investment possibilities in Latin America, Cementos San Juan's general manager Juan José Córdova told BNamericas.

2009-06-12

The Guatemalan government has instructed the communications, infrastructure and housing ministry (CIV) to set up a technical commission to revise the tender for the US$203mn Franja Transversal del Norte highway project concession, the presidential website reported.

2009-06-12

US-based firm Aecom (NYSE: ACM) has won a six-year contract to provide project management services for phase 1 of Trinidad & Tobago's national highway network project, which has an estimated cost of US$2.44bn, the company said in a release.

2009-06-12

The Argentine government has issued bonds for 1.5bn pesos (US$399mn), through which it plans to carry out its 2009-10 road plan, paper La Nación reported.

2009-06-10

Venezuela's treatment of Chilean cement firm Cementos Bío Bío's tile company Vencerámica shows President Hugo Chávez's thirst for nationalizing profitable construction firms and his intention of increasing government control in this sector to help carry out infrastructure...

2009-06-10

Brazil's national development bank BNDES has approved over 260mn reais (US$134mn) to finance a federal district (DF) project to expand and modernize line 1 of Brasília's light train system, the bank said in a release.