2011-02-10

Costa Rica's environment ministry, Setena, had warned of the negative environmental impact caused by construction of the San José-Caldera highway a year before it was opened, according to Danilo Vindas Chaves of the ministry's audit department.   Setena began an inspection based on a c...

2011-02-10

Brazil's domestic cement sales in January totaled 4.7Mt, up 9.1% year-on-year, national cement industry association SNIC said in a release.   Sales per working day in January averaged 204,200t, rising 6.7% year-over-year.   The country's southeastern region sold the most cement in Janu...

2011-02-10

Uruguay's national port authority ANP has extended the bid deadline for a tender to build and operate an industrial fishing terminal in capital Montevideo.   Bids will now be opened April 27, according to an ANP release. This is the third time ANP has pushed back the bid deadline, which was p...

2011-02-08

Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) plans to relaunch a tender to build a 39.6km beltway around Mato Grosso state capital Cuiabá, a DNIT spokesperson told BNamericas.   The city government is currently analyzing the best way to proceed with the project, which has been s...

2011-02-08

Mexican cement producer Cemex (NYSE: CX) is planning to raise its prices this year to counter inflation in production costs, according to local daily El Universal.   "We're very optimistic that these price increases will go ahead and that we can begin the year with a boost in prices that...

2011-02-08

Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversión has extended the prequalification deadline for the Yurimaguas-Nueva Reforma fluvial port concession.   The final draft of the contract should be available as of March 3, and potential bidders have until March 6 to present prequali...

2011-02-08

El Salvador's legislative assembly has greenlighted two IDB loans amounting to US$55mn, which will go towards expanding and repairing roads and water and sanitation services throughout the country.   Some US$35mn will be allocated to a four-year rural road development program. The initiative ...

2011-02-07

Ecuador's state-owned Manta port authority APM aims to launch its US$13mn maintenance plan during the first half of the year, APM's head of communications, Fernando Holguín, told BNamericas.   Local consultancy firm Pablo Suárez will complete studies in April to determine the pl...