2011-01-04

Three groups have submitted technical and economic bids for a 1.76bn-peso (US$444mn) project to build six new stations on Argentine capital Buenos Aires' subway system.   The bids were presented by consortiums Techint-Dycasa, Roggio-Isolux-Esuco-Cartellone and OHL-Rovella Carranza, paper Clar...

2011-01-04

Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state government has signed agreements for road projects that will end up costing 186mn reais (US$113mn) more than the available budget for 2011, according to the office of the new state governor, Tarso Genro.   During 2010, former governor Yeda Crusius signed contr...

2011-01-04

Bolivian state steel company ESM will build a cement plant for US$89mn with the support of Brazilian companies Votorantim and Camargo Correa, ESM board member Jose Padilla told BNamericas.   "This project seeks to meet the demand for inputs to build the infrastructure necessary for devel...

2011-01-03

Singapore-based port operator Portek has submitted a proposal to Ecuadorian state-owned Manta port authority APM to become a strategic partner and help develop the port terminal, an APM spokesperson told BNamericas.   The proposal involves supporting the port's services and logistics operatio...

2011-01-03

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) has launched a tender to re-concession the Cerro Moreno airport in northern region II capital Antofagasta.   The new concessionaire will expand and improve the airport's passenger terminal, increasing the airport's total area by 2,000m2.   The conces...

2011-01-03

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has received a US$3.5bn proposal from a private consortium to build a deepwater port in the eastern part of the country.   Representatives from the consortium met with the head of state and with the country's finance and economy undersecretary, Pedro Buonomo, t...

2011-01-03

Brazil could cut its freight costs by 800bn reais (US$482bn) over the next 25 years by transporting cargo via railways and waterways rather than highways, according to a study carried out by the country's national engineering academy.   The shift away from road transport could save 600bn reai...

2010-12-31

An increase in the rates charged on Colombian toll highways could mean total revenues will reach 260bn pesos (US$131mn) during 2011, national roads authority Invias predicts.   Tolls will go up by 5% as of January 16 to cover repairs to road infrastructure that was damaged during the country'...