2010-10-04

Mexican cement manufacturer Holcim Apasco is carrying out the final tests to start operating a new cement plant in Sonora state capital Hermosillo, company spokesperson Maria Elena RuizdeChavez told BNamericas.   "We expect to open the cement plant before year-end," RuizdeChavez sai...

2010-10-04

Peru's President Alan Garcia was on hand for the official opening of the Muelle Sur container terminal in the country's busiest port, Callao.   "This was, and will once again be the [most important] port in South America," state news agency Andina quoted Garcia as saying.   T...

2010-10-04

Argentina's San Luis province legislature has unanimously approved a measure allowing the province to expropriate land from the disused General San Martin railway.   The province plans to use the land to build a road corridor through the center of its capital San Luis, reducing traffic conges...

2010-10-01

The mayor of Puerto Rican capital San Juan, Jorge Santini Padilla, has presented a master development plan to improve transportation on the island city.   The San Juan Walkable City initiative will require both public and private investment totaling some US$1.5bn, the city website reported. ...

2010-10-01

Escriba aqui un resumen de IDB has approved a US$125mn loan for infrastructure development in Paraguayan capital Asuncion, the public works and communications ministry (MOPC) reported on its website.   Part of the loan will be used to fin...

2010-10-01

Colombia's national roads authority Invias will invest 300bn pesos (US$166mn) in repairs and maintenance on the country's tertiary road network in 2011, an Invias spokesperson told BNamericas.   The 2011 budget for tertiary road repairs is much higher than in previous years, when it reached n...

2010-10-01

A multinational consortium led by Argentine firm Corporacion America (CASA) aims to begin technical and geological studies for a railway tunnel connecting Chile and Argentina before year-end, CASA representative Eduardo Rodriguez told BNamericas.   "The studies are to be completed before...

2010-09-30

Jamaica's transport and works ministry has officially launched the St Mary parish section of its J$36bn (US$422mn) national development infrastructure program (JDIP), government information service JIS reported.   The St Mary part of the program includes upgrades to the Derry-Hazard, Free Hil...