All opportunities are grouped by Geographical Market Areas. Your Area of interest may appear under: 1 Global Comments (Qty. 2); 2 North America (Qty. 63); 3 Latin America & Caribbean (Qty. 15); 4 Asia & Oceania (Qty. 36); 5 Europe (Qty. 15); 6 Middle East & Africa (Qty. 10); Total 141 Articles

1.  Global Market Comments

Cold Ironing of Global Ports - Ports are huge energy consumers and their dependence on reliable power supplies has become even more important with the advent of cold ironing and the environmental demands for reduced pollution. Consequently, port managers are grappling not just with the “here and now” of energy provision but with the need to widen their future supply and back-up options - Port Strategy 05/14/12: Read More --- Access More at Port Technology

 

Global Trade & Finance - Developing nations were the key drivers of growth in international trade for 2011, in spite of the volatility caused by the international financial crisis, according to a report published today by the International Chamber of Commerce. This year’s ICC Global Survey on Trade and Finance – titled “Rethinking Trade and Finance” – notes that after a year of upheavals, annual trade volume growth for 2011 was 6.6%, slightly above forecasts by the World Trade Organization - ICC 17/05/12: Read More --- Download 50 page PDF, ICC Global Survey 2012: Rethinking Trade and Finance

 

2.  North America

 

AL, Montgomery - Housing Complex - The Montgomery Housing Authority (MHA) Tuesday joined Mayor Todd Strange and HUD Director Michael German of the Alabama Field Office to break ground on The Plaza at Centennial Hill, a $22.7 million revitalization effort that is expected to serve as the catalyst for the rejuvenation of the heart of Centennial Hill. The 129-unit, mixed-income affordable housing community will replace the demolished Victor Tulane Court Public Housing development and is MHA's first public-private venture, leveraging City, State and federal funding. MHA selected The Michaels Development Company, which is the nation's number one, privately held affordable housing developer, as its private sector partner for The Plaza at Centennial Hill - WSFA 12TV 05/15/12: Read More

 

AL, Opelika - $40 Million School Expansion - Officials representing the city of Opelika and the city’s school system held a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday morning to mark the start of renovations and additions to Opelika High School - Opelika-Auburn News 05/16/12: Read More

 

AZ, Lake Havasu - New Hotel - Plans for a hotel at North Lake Havasu Avenue and Sabino Drive received a thumbs up Wednesday from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission despite nearby neighbors continued opposition. Paul Selberg, architect of the project with Selberg Associates, Inc., said he thought he satisfied the concerns of surrounding neighbors - News Herald/Hava Sun News 05/17/12: Read More

 

AZ, Tucson - New High Rise - Construction is set to begin on a controversial new 14 story high-rise near the University of Arizona Campus. Chicago-based developer, Campus Acquisitions, already has a demolition permit and a permit to construct the foundation of the building - KVOA 4TV 05/16/12: Read More

 

CA, Amador County - Gold Mine Mill - Officials with Sutter Gold Mining Inc. officially kicked off construction at a gold mill expected to go online later this year at the Lincoln Mine - Sacramento Business Journal 05/17/12: Read More

 

CA, Red Bluff - New Courthouse - The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has announced the selection of the firm Rudolph and Sletten as the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for the new Red Bluff courthouse - Red Bluff Daily News 05/18/12: Read More

 

CA, Redding - Sewer Plant Expansion - The first phase of a $25 million expansion plan at a sewage treatment plant could begin next month if the Redding City Council awards the job to a local contractor Tuesday. The council would vote to award a $9.2 million construction contract to RTA Construction/Ray Toney Joint Venture of Redding - The Record Searchlight 05/12/12: Read More

 

CA, San Mateo - Church School Gymnasium - St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is seeking to construct a three-story building on its Baldwin Avenue campus to house a new gymnasium and provide more classroom space for its school - The Daily Journal 05/12/12: Read More

 

CA, Stanislaus County - By unanimous vote Tuesday, Stanislaus County supervisors Hired Cheek Construction of Ceres to improve the county's computer headquarters at 3705 Oakdale Road in Modesto, for $626,300, and agreed to pay Energy Systems of Stockton $251,000 for a backup generator - Modesto Bee 05/15/12: Read More

 

Canada, BC - Mining - The B.C. Liberal government announced a strategy Wednesday to create new mines in B.C. as a way to boost jobs and tax revenue. "Long-term growth in our mining industry will translate into strong economic growth for our communities, First Nations and the province, and thousands of well-paying jobs that will benefit families in British Columbia," Premier Christy Clark said in a statement. The province is targeting creation of eight new mines by 2015. It did not detail those locations, including whether the proposed Ajax mine in Kamloops is among them - Kamloops News 05/16/12: Read More

 

Canada, BC, Kitimat - New LNG Plant - PetroChina Company Limited announced Wednesday that it will cooperate with Shell Canada Ltd., Korea Gas Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation to jointly develop a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project near Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada. The proposed LNG Canada project will include the design, construction and operation of a gas liquefication plant, and facilities for the storage and export of LNG, said the news release - CRI 05/16/12: Read More

 

Canada, NL, Harbour Breton - New Aquaculture Wharf - A new wharf will be constructed in the community of Harbour Breton this year which will promote biosecurity and support aquaculture growers on the south coast of the province. The C$5.2 million contract for the wharf was announced Tuesday 15 May. It will be constructed by Melville Trucking and Excavating Limited of Happy Valley-Goose Bay - The Fish Site 17/05/12: Read More

 

Canada, ON, Brockton - Cow Power - Brockton council has added its support to an Elmwood farmer’s bid to generate electricity with on-farm biogas generators. Carl Frook of Marl Creek Renewables Incorporated says he has provincial approval for two generators designed to process manure and other organic waste material such as fat, oil and grease. Each generator is expected to produce 250 kilowatts of electricity around the clock - Owen Sound Times 05/18/12: Read More

 

Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon - New Townhouse Complex - Westgate Heights Attainable Housing Inc. celebrated their groundbreaking today. Westgate Heights will consist of 34 units comprised of either three, four or five bedrooms per unit. Saskatchewan Housing Corporation is providing $2.5 million from the federal and provincial Investment in Affordable Housing 2011-2014 Agreement towards this project. The development is being undertaken by Westgate Heights Attainable Housing Inc., a non-profit organization closely affiliated with Westgate Alliance Church, a faith-based organization in Saskatoon - Marketwire 05/18/12: Read More

 

Canada to Detroit & Toledo - Oil Pipeline - Enbridge Inc. is spending billions on pipeline expansions geared toward moving more crude from Western Canadian and U.S. oilfield regions to eastern markets. The Calgary-based pipeline giant (TSX:ENB) said Wednesday it has enough commercial interest to proceed with a $200-million project to expand a pipeline that feeds crude to refineries in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio, by 80,000 barrels per day - Canadian Business 05/16/12: Read More

 

CT, Brookfield - New Big Box Store - Brookfield First Selectman Bill Davidson chats with Mike Fitzpatrick and Leslie Cohen, both of Samuels & Associates, the developer and owners of the site where a BJ's Wholesale Club store is being built in Brookfield. The three participated in a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday - News Times 05/16/12: Read More

 

FL, Clermont - New Community Center - The aging Jenkins Auditorium downtown operated by the South Lake Chamber of Commerce, is a step closer to being replaced. A groundbreaking ceremony for the city's new 10,000-square-foot community center that will take the place of Jenkins is set for 9 a.m. today. The project is expected to be completed by early next year - Orlando Sentinel 05/18/12: Read More

 

GA, Marietta - $10 Million Transit Center - Cobb officials will break ground on the Cobb Community Transit Mobility Center on Tuesday at the CCT offices in Marietta - Atlanta Journal Constitution 05/18/12: Read More

 

Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu, Kāneʻohe - New Marine Operations Center - dck-ecc pacific guam, llc (dck-ecc) was awarded a $46.6 million project from NAVFAC Hawaii to design and construct the 30,709-square-foot FY12 MILCON P-822 Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Operations Complex, 17,104-square-foot Aircraft Fire and Rescue Station (AFRS), over 348,000 square feet of aircraft apron, and related site improvements at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe, Hawaii - Sacramento Bee 05/14/12: Read More

 

IA, Muscatine - Hospital Expansion - Trinity Muscatine will celebrate the groundbreaking of an $18.5 million expansion project Monday afternoon - KWQC 6TV 05/14/12: Read More

 

IA, Webster County - New Bio Plant - About 170 new jobs, better prices for farm commodities, and deeper ties between Iowa and South Korea were celebrated Monday afternoon with a groundbreaking ceremony that formally launched construction of the $323 Million, CJ Bio America plant in Webster County - The Messenger 05/15/12: Read More

 

IL, Carbondale - New School - A $6.5 million federal loan will fund the creation of a long-awaited permanent home for Fell Charter School - The Times-Tribune 05/18/12: Read More

 

IL, Chicago - $200 Million Air Cargo Center - Military land at O’Hare Airport acquired by the city in 1996 for private development that never happened will finally get an 840,000-square-foot international cargo center - Chicago Sun Times 05/15/12: Read More

 

IL, Chicago - Event Contact - A suburban Baltimore firm that has staged everything from rock concerts and presidential inaugurals to Pittsburgh's G20 summit and papal visits was hired by the U.S. Secret Service this week to provide fencing, concrete barriers, lighting and other physical aspects of security for the NATO summit in Chicago. Showcall Inc., based in Halethorpe, Md., won the fixed-price contract valued at $2.2 million. The firm also will rent, set up and maintain portable vehicle barriers and at least 20 portable toilets, a 500-foot-long bicycle rack, mobile trailer offices, 30-foot-high light towers, portable generators, several large tents and at least 500 traffic cones - Chicago Business 05/11/12: Read More

 

IN, Lafayette - Plant Expansion - Alcoa’s $90 million investment for a new facility in Lafayette means that the aluminum plant will be here for generations to come - Journal & Courier 05/17/12: Read More

 

KS, Wichita - Student Center Expansion - Dondlinger & Sons Construction awarded contract for Wichita State University’s $33M ‘Rhatigan Renewal’ - Wichita Business Journal 05/18/12: Read More

 

LA, New Orleans - New Big-Box Store - the Costco Wholesale Corp. has committed to bring a big-box warehouse store to the Carrollton area, marking the retail giant's first venture in Louisiana and filling a commercial void in post-Katrina New Orleans. Although the 148,000-square-foot project still needs design approval from the City Planning Commission and the City Council, officials in Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration said Wednesday that they are hopeful that those steps will be formalities as all parties work toward a mid-2013 opening. Costco, which has been soliciting input for months from city planners and neighborhood groups, intends to invest more than $40 million in a membership-only facility on the site of the former Carrollton Shopping Center across from Xavier University - The Times-Picayune 05/17/12: Read More

 

MA, Taunton - New Casino - The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe and the city of Taunton have agreed in principle on an intergovernmental agreement pertaining to the proposed tribal casino in East Taunton, an arrangement with the potential to pump millions into the city - Taunton Daily Gazette 05/17/12: Read More

 

MD, Harford County - New EOC - Members of the Harford County Council agreed Tuesday to hold funding for a large portion of the planned Emergency Operations Center replacement in next year's capital budget. The plan to replace the building near Routes 1 and 543 in the Hickory area is expected to cost more than $40 million, according to current county budget estimates - The Baltimore Sun 05/17/12: Read More

 

MD, Howard County - $100 Million Upscale Apartments - John E. DeWolf III, recently named Senior Vice-president, Development for the Howard Hughes Corporation, and will oversee the redevelopment of downtown Columbia. The first new building in what will become a significant investment in downtown Columbia is itself a sizable investment — an estimated $100 million project that will bring 380 apartments and about 14,000 square feet of retail and a public promenade to land near the Columbia mall. "A lot of people have been waiting a long time to see Columbia become what's envisioned for downtown," said L. Earl Armiger, president of Orchard Development, one of three developers behind the project - Baltimore Sun 05/16/12: Read More

 

MI, Detroit - New Shopping Center - Detroit's second major retail groundbreaking this week will take place today as work gets under way on the Gateway Marketplace shopping center near 8 Mile and Woodward. The 350,000-square-foot center will be anchored by a Meijer Supercenter, a Marshalls department store and a K&G Fashion Superstore - Detroit Free Press 05/17/12: Read More

 

MI, Detroit - New Grocery Market - After two years, the day Detroit's endive and escargot enthusiasts have waited for is finally here: a construction crew broke ground on the city's new $10.7 Million, Whole Foods Market Monday - Huffington Post Detroit 05/14/12: Read More

 

MN, Austin - New Middle School - The sun was shining in the clear blue sky Monday morning as dozens of folks gathered at the new site of the intermediate school for a groundbreaking ceremony - Austin Post-Bulletin 05/15/12: Read More

 

MN, Bemidji - New TV Station - After securing $3 million in state bonding funds, Lakeland Public Television now is working to raise the remaining funds to construct its new $4.2 million facility - The Bemidji Pioneer 05/17/12: Read More

 

MN, Minneapolis - New Stadium - The Vikings stadium deal that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law Monday involves plenty of public participation, but it also prevents the public from getting a look at the team's finances during their partnership to build the $975 million stadium - Daily Journal 05/14/12: Read More

 

MO, Joplin - New Elementary Schools - Joplin Schools will mark the one-year anniversary of the May 22 tornado with groundbreaking ceremonies for the city’s new schools, district officials said - Morning Sun 05/15/12: Read More

 

MO, Joplin - New Safe Rooms - A $2.8 Million Grant Will Help Build Safe Rooms at Joplin Schools - Ozarks First 05/15/12: Read More

 

MS, Noxubee County - New $6.5 Million Cotton Gin - Eleven days — that’s all it took for a group of east Mississippi cotton growers to go from talking stage to a signed, sealed, and financed deal to build a spanking new state of the art cotton gin in Noxubee County - Delta Farm Press 05/17/12: Read More

 

NH, Hampton - 2 Fire Stations - Hampton selectmen approve Goudreau & Associates architects for fire station projects. Hampton voters approved both fire station projects totaling $5.75 million at the annual Town Meeting on March 13 - Seacoast Online 05/14/12: Read More

 

NJ, Camden - New Cancer Center - Governor Christie and Senate President Stephen Sweeney participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking of Cooper University Hospital’s Cancer Institute Tuesday morning saying the investment in Camden will benefit the entire state. Christie said the new center represents a $100 million investment in the city and region - State House Record/the Record 05/15/12: Read More

 

NJ, River Edge - Back-up Generator - Following the suggestion of engineer Kenneth DelPercio, the River Edge Borough Council approved a motion last week to go out to bid on a back-up generator for the public safety building - Town News 05/16/12: Read More

 

NY, Bath - Hospital Upgrade - Construction has officially begun on the $3.1 million Emergency Department upgrade at Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital. Officials gathered Thursday, May 3 for a brief groundbreaking ceremony at the site - Steuben Courier 05/15/12: Read More

 

OH, Cincinnati - Health Center - Winton Hills Medical & Health Center will build a new community health center in the West End using a $4.2 million federal grant - News Cincinnati 05/14/12: Read More

 

OH, New Albany - Data Center - Discover Financial Services announced Tuesday that it will add a $76 million data center at its New Albany, Ohio campus - Data Center Knowledge 05/16/12: Read More

 

PA, Standing Stone Township - Shale Wastewater Treatment Facility - Eureka Resources, LLC, announced today that it will construct a world-class centralized wastewater treatment facility in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County, Pa., to treat wastewater generated during development of oil and gas wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shale - PR Newswire 05/17/12: Read More

 

SD, Sioux Falls - Multi-Use Sports Facility - Sanford Health unveiled new designs today during the official groundbreaking for its multi-use sports facility which will be the epicenter for a new sports complex in northwest Sioux Falls. The Pentagon by Sanford Health is a 160,000-square-foot facility that includes nine basketball courts (six high school regulation, two professional/college practice courts and the “heritage” court) - KELO 05/16/12: Read More

 

WA, Oak Harbor - Water Project - C. Johnson Construction of Oak Harbor submitted the low bid of $1.14 million for installation of 5,500 feet of water main pipe to serve a future water reservoir on the north end of the city - Whidbey News Times 05/18/12: Read More

 

WI, Neenah - Contract electronics manufacturer Plexus Corp. said Monday that it plans to build a $50 million manufacturing facility in Neenah - Journal Sentinel 05/14/12: Read More

 

WY, Riverton - College Health & Science Center - Central Wyoming College officials, government leaders and building planners participated in Thursday's groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Health/Science Center on the Riverton campus - Daily Ranger 05/13/12: Read More

 

3.  Latin America & Caribbean

 

All Latin America - Top 100 Infrastructure Projects - The 10th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum is a dynamic, project-focused, infrastructure marketplace bringing together 500+ leading executives from throughout Latin America and the world, key global and local policymakers, and public and private financial institutions for 2.5 days in Lima, Peru. The Forum is produced by CG/LA Infrastructure with Production Partner, América Economía - CG/LA 05/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Jundiá - Water Project - Northeastern Brazil's Rio Grande do Norte state water utility Caern will launch an 88mn-real (US$43.0mn) tender on May 24 to improve its potable water supply system in the town of Jundiá Business News Americas 05/16/12: Read More

 

Dominican Republic, Bay of Maimon - New $65 Million Cruise Center - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Caribbean’s newest destination, the Amber Cove Cruise Center, were held on May 15thin the Dominican Republic at the project site on the Bay of Maimon located near Puerto Plata in the country’s North Coast. A joint project between Carnival Corporation & plc and the Rannik family of Grupo B&R, the new two-berth Amber Cove Cruise Center will be able to accommodate up to 8,000 cruise passengers and 2,000 crew members daily. The facility is expected to host more than 250,000 cruise passengers in its first year of operation - Travel Daily News 05/17/12: Read More

 

Latin America - Gold Rush - A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight against big international projects. With international market prices for metals high, informal "wildcat" mining has been on the rise in recent years in countries like Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, itself one of the largest producers of silver, copper and gold. Mining investments in those countries are expected to reach some $300 billion in 2020, according to the Inter-American Mining Society. But over 160 mining conflicts have erupted across the region amid growing opposition from locals against projects they consider a threat to the environment, the Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America says - Business Recorder 05/16/12: Read More

 

Mexico - Weather Forecast Infrastructure - The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors approved a US$105.26 million loan today to strengthen the National Meteorological Service (SMN, in Spanish) which aims to better respond to a growing demand for reliable weather information to improve water management resources and disaster risk management in a climate change context. The SMN modernization plan includes activities such as institutional redesign, human resource recruitment and training, the installation of modernized infrastructure and improvements in the climate modeling tools used to generate weather forecasts and alerts - World Bank 05/17/12: Read More

 

Panama, Donoso District - Copper Mining - Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) says it has closed a US$1.5-billion debt offering to help fund development at the copper-gold Cobre Panama project. With the closure of the deal, the Inmet board has granted approval to start construction on the project - Canadian Business 05/18/12: Read More

 

Puerto Rico, Arecibo - 77MW Landfill Incinerator - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that it is accepting public comments on its proposed action to approve an air permit to construct a garbage incinerator in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Energy Answers International, Inc. has proposed to construct a new 77 megawatt facility at the former site of the Global Fibers Paper Mill in Barrio Cambalache, Arecibo, Puerto Rico - EPA 05/14/12: Read More

 

4.   Asia & Oceania

 

Afghanistan, Aqina to Andkhoi - Oil Exploration - Terasize Limited, a Canadian firm would ascertain the level of oil reserves in areas between the Aqina dry port and Andkhoi district in northern Faryab province over the next three months - Pajhwok 05/15/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan, Faryab, Amu River - Oil & Gas - According to ministry of mines of Afghanistan oil extraction in northern Amu River will be launched within the next 5 months. The oil extraction for Amu River was awarded to a China’s national petroleum corporation (CNPC) and the company has already started its preliminary operation in the area - Khaama 05/15/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan, Kabul - Aquaculture & Cold Storage - Mohammad Asif Rahimi, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock announced in a press conference that several projects costing USD 14.2 million would be implemented to help improve the agricultural sector of Afghanistan. These projects include protection of forests, construction of water reservoirs, setting up fish farms and promoting saffron cultivation. Other facilities for the farmers, such as cold storages, greenhouses, food-processing centres and farmer-capacity building centers would be also implemented this year - Wadsam 05/18/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan, Kabul - TAPI Pipeline - Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of parliament of Afghanistan, approved the agreement on a gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. The Manila-based Asian Development Bank-supported scheme, long delayed by security concerns in the region, would cost around $9 billion (about 450 billion afs) - Pakistan Today 17/05/12: Read More

 

Australia - Gas & Oil - Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has told a petroleum industry conference in Adelaide that offshore exploration zones will be expanded off four states and the Northern Territory. "The acreage release comprises 27 areas across nine sedimentary basins off the coasts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania," he said - ABC 05/15/12: Read More

 

Australia, Darwin - New LNG Plant - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has turned the first sod at the Inpex liquefied natural gas plant site at Blaydin Point on Darwin Harbour. Japanese company Inpex and its French partner Total plan to pipe gas about 900 kilometres from rigs in the Browse Basin off the coast of Western Australia to Darwin for processing. The Ichthys project is worth about $34 billion and the Northern Territory Government believes the project is the first step in making Darwin an energy hub for Asian markets - ABC.net 05/18/12: Read More

 

Australia, New South Wales - Wastewater Reuse Project - Construction of the Kooragang Industrial Water Scheme (KIWS) in New South Wales, Australia, is to be carried out by Abigroup under an Aus$ 40 million (US$ 40 million) contract. The wastewater reuse project is part of the program of works undertaken by the Hunter Treatment Alliance, a partnership formed in 2009 of Abigroup, CH2MHill and Hunter Water Corporation - Desalination.biz 05/15/12: Read More

 

Australia, Victoria, Ballarat North - New Police Station - Plans for a new million-dollar police station at Ballarat North have been revealed, with Ballarat architect Kevyn Joy chosen to design the building - The Courier 15/05/12: Read More

 

Bangladesh - Energy Efficient Brick Kilns - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $50 million in loans to help improve the environment by financing more energy-efficient brick kilns in Bangladesh - ADB 11/05/12: Read More

 

Bangladesh, Uttara - Airport Up-Grades - Work for upgrading Bangladesh's main airport - Shahjalal International Airport - will start in a couple of months with Danish funds, but it will leave out some vital parts of the original project due to fund shortage. Now the airport's taxiway and its lighting will be rehabilitated at a cost of 311 million Danish krone (US$53.04 million) at current exchange rate), to be provided by Danish International Development Agency (Danida) the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) said - The Jakarta Post 05/18/12: Read More

 

China - Aquaculture Expansion - AgriMarine appoints Chief Operating Officer to lead expansion in China. AgriMarine Holdings Inc the leader in floating closed containment clean technology for sustainable aquaculture and commercial salmon producer in Canada and China, is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms Lily Gao as Chief Operating Officer (China) and Mr Josh McKibben (Hong Kong) as General Manager of Farm Operations in China, effective immediately - Aquaculture Directory 05/15/12: Read More

 

China - Water Projects - The Chinese government plans to allocate 500 billion yuan ($79 billion) for the prevention and control of water pollution in major drainage areas from 2011 to 2015, up from 300 billion yuan for the previous five-year period. According to Zhao Hualin, a MEP official, the guideline includes 5,998 projects focusing on a variety of issues, including pollution in areas with drinking water sources, industrial pollution, urban sewage treatment, pollution from livestock-raising and nearshore water pollution. According to Xia Xiquan, an official from the Ministry of Finance, the central government plans to earmark more than 30 billion yuan annually from now until 2015 to treat water pollution - China Daily 05/18/12: Read More

 

China, Bó Hǎi Sea - Offshore Oil & Gas - China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil producer, has signed a product-sharing contract with an Australian company on an oilfield in the Bohai Sea. According to the contract, Roc Oil (Bohai) Company will collect three dimensional geological data on the 09/05 oilfield during the exploration period, CNOOC Ltd., a subsidiary of CNOOC, said Friday - Xinhua.net 05/11/12: Read More

 

China, Hami, Xinjiang to Zhengzhou - Power Transmission Project - Construction of an ultra-high voltage power transmission line designed with the world's largest capacity started Sunday in China's far western Xinjiang region. The 800 kv ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission line connects the energy base of Hami prefecture in eastern Xinjiang with the central city of Zhengzhou, according to the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the project contractor - Xinhua.net 05/14/12: Read More

 

China, Hongyanhe, Liaoning & Ningde, Fujian - 2 Nuclear Projects - China is expected to resume the expansion of its nuclear power sector next month, with many plans reaching the final approval stage, according to Xu Yuming, deputy secretary-general of the China Nuclear Energy Association. by the end of this year, two new reactors - one in Hongyanhe, Liaoning province and one in Ningde, Fujian province - will go into operation, Xu said. Xu predicted that China will have 70 gW of installed capacity by 2020, with another 30 gW under construction - CRI 05/18/12: Read More

 

China, Shanghai - New Office Buildings - Shanghai plans to build 45 office buildings in its bustling financial district of Lujiazui in five years, in a bid to accommodate clustering financial services companies. By the end of April this year, there were 207 office buildings in Lujiazui in city's Pudong New Area, with a construction area totaling more than 10 million square meters, according to figures from the Administrative Committee of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone - China Daily 05/14/12: Read More

 

East Timor/Timor Leste - New Refinery - The government in East Timor has shown off a European-built pipeline which it says can be used to send natural gas to the country from the disputed Greater Sunrise Field off the north-west coast of Australia. The pipe is only a few metres long, but secretary of state and natural resources Alfredo Pirez says it symbolises the country's commitment to build a refinery in East Timor - ABC.net 05/16/12: Read More

 

India - Cold Chain Market - India, at present does not have a comprehensive cold chain network, and is estimated to grow to Rs 32,000 cr by 2015. In India, there has been a phenomenal growth in production of horticulture produce, dairy products, and meat products over the last decade. Owing to the tremendous pressure on improving supply chain and reducing losses during produce handling and movement, the need for creation of a cold chain network is crucial for perishable food commodities. Cold storage in India has been largely adopted for long-term storage of potatoes, onions and high value crops like apples, grapes and flowers. Potato cold storages used to contribute 88 per cent storage capacity till 2000. However most of the new cold storages in the last decade have been constructed as multipurpose facilities focusing on all fruits and vegetables, poultry, dairy and FMCG product categories - Business-Standard 05/14/12: Read More

 

India - TAPI Pipeline - India's cabinet on Thursday allowed state-run gas-firm GAIL (India) Ltd to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan's national oil firm, for supplies from a planned multi-national pipeline, a government statement said Reuters 05/17/12: Read More

 

India, Bangalore - Dredge Project - The shipping ministry has allowed South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd to bid for the Rs. 1,571.60 crore channel-deepening project at Jawaharlal Nehru port, a move that will widen competition and possibly result in lower quotations - The Wall Street Journal/Live Mint 05/18/12: Read More

 

India, Rajasthan - Power Plant Expansion - State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., or BHEL, said it had bagged an order for Rs.380 crore from Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd., or RRUVGUNL, for setting up a 160 MW gas-based plant in Rajasthan - RTT News 05/15/12: Read More

 

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - Oil & Gas Refinery - Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company, said Friday that it has signed two separate initial agreements to form petrochemical joint ventures with Itochu Corp. (8001) and PTT Global Chemical PCL. The proposed RAPID project includes a 300,000-barrel-a-day refinery that in addition to supplying feedstock for the petrochemical JVs, is also targeting production of gasoline and diesel that meet Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuel specifications - Nikkei 05/18/12: Read More

 

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar - New Steel Plant - In a bid to reduce costly imports and excessive dependence on Australian coking coal, India is all set to acquire a coal mine in Mongolia and set up the first steel plant there. The Indian government says the plan is to first supply the coal needed for the steel plant and then export the rest to India. An Indian delegation comprising the chairman of the Steel Authority of India, C S Verma and U P Singh, joint secretary in the Ministry of Steel are in Beijing and are to visit Ulaanbaatar to formalise the accord - Business Mongolia 05/15/12: Read More

 

Myanmar(Burma) - Oil & Gas - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Washington that the U.S. was suspending sanctions on export of American financial services and investment across all sectors of the Myanmar economy — including in the resource-rich country's lucrative oil, gas and mining sectors. She spoke after meeting with Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin - Sify Finance 05/18/12: Read More

 

New Zealand - Aquaculture Expansion - Grants and funding for aquaculture have been approved by the New Zealand government. Such funding has the potential to greatly expand the scope of various businesses that are involved in this sometimes overlooked sector of the economy. The scope of the grants and funding will be quite expansive. Over the course of the next three years, roughly 29 projects will receive grants and funding upwards of $25,000 each. This is built upon the previously approved 61 projects that were approved in prior years. Overall, the total funding for the projects has been in the range of $8 million giving a tremendous amount of support to those ventures revolving around aquaculture development projects - New Zealand Business Funding Center 05/15/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Islamabad - Russia expressed its willingness to invest $500 million in Tetra-partner power import project under the head of Central Asia-South Asia (CASA-1000), while other leading financial institutions including World Bank (WB) and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) made commitments of financial support for 1,000 megawatts (MW) power import project of Pakistan via Central Asian states. Sources in the Ministry of Water and Power said that a delegation of Russian corporate sector expressed its interest in 1,000 MW Tetra-partner power import project and made presentation, reiterating their desire to provide $500 million for this project. The total length of transmission line is 750 kilometres while the project is planned to be on public-private partnership basis with the support of WB, IFC, ADB and IDB with total estimated - Pak Tribune 05/18/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Manila - Wastewater Treatment Expansion - To help Metro Manila and its two water service concessionaires deal with two million cubic meters of wastewater per day, the World Bank approved a loan package of $275 million for two sewerage treatment plants - GMA 05/16/12: Read More

 

South Korea, Seoul - Fuel Cell Power Plants - The Seoul municipal government said Wednesday it will build 29 hydrogen fuel cell power plants by 2014 to ensure a smooth supply of electricity even in emergency situations. The city government said it plans to attract the investment of electricity firms and private capital to build the plants and also to install 102 hydrogen fuel cells in buildings by the same year. The power plants will be built across the city to hedge against sudden power cuts in the subway or water supply systems, the municipal government said - Korea Times 05/16/12: Read More

 

Taiwan, Dongshan – New Navy Ship - Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Navy Captain Chu Hsu-min (朱旭明) said the Lung Teh Shipbuilding Company (龍德造船公司) recently won the bid to build a 450-ton prototype frigate for the Navy - China Post 05/16/12: Read More

 

Turkey - Fiber Plant - Encouraged by Turkey’s new incentive package, Austrian chemicals producer Lenzing plans to allocate the majority of its investment budget of EUR 1.5 billion to Turkey, said Filofibra CEO Livio Danisi - Balkans 18/05/12: Read More

 

Turkey, Izmit - Auto Plant Expansion - South Korean car maker Hyundai and Assan Holding will double their car production in Turkey to 200,000 items annually with a $607 million investment, Assan Chairman Ali Kibar said yesterday in the western province of İzmit, according to Doğan news agency - Hurriyet Daily News 05/18/12: Read More

 

Turkey, Kahramanmaraş - New Paper Plant - Kipaş Holding plans to put 350 million euros into a paper factory in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaraş, where its headquarters are also based - Hurriyet Daily News 05/14/12: Read More

 

Vietnam, Hanoi - New 11 Story Hotel - Hilton Worldwide has signed a new management agreement with HoanKiem Tourism & Trading Company to introduce the first Hilton Garden Inn and Hilton Worldwide’s second property in Vietnam. cheduled to open in the second half of 2012, the 86-room Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi marks the debut of Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Worldwide’s award-winning, mid-priced brand, in Southeast Asia - Trade Arabia 16/05/12: Read More

 

5.  Europe

 

All Europe - Sustainable Energy Financing - The EBRD is boosting its efforts to improve energy efficiency and deal with the threat of climate change with new investment in sustainable energy projects worth up to €25 billion over the next three years - EBRD 05/18/12: Read More --- Download the Full 14 page PDF Report: Sustainable Energy Initiative Phase 3, 2012-14

 

Albania - LNG Power Plants - Albania is trying to attract private investors to its power market as it diversifies energy sources and privatizes some of its infrastructure reports Business Week. The Albanian government of the former Communist nation, which awarded 5.2 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in wind power and hydroelectric contracts in the past four years, will support natural gas pipeline projects and processing plants, according to Enno Bozdo, deputy minister for economy, trade and energy - Balkans 18/05/12: Read More

 

Czech Republic, Temelín - Nuclear Expansion - Struggling to find the cash to fund its ambitious bid to expand the country's nuclear power capacity, Czech power group CEZ said on May 9 that it will launch a tender to select a strategic partner to help it with the €8bn project to build two new units at the Temelin nuclear plant. The announcement will have bidders on the construction contract scrambling - BNE 05/10/12: Read More

 

Lithuania - LNG Terminal - Seimas approves of LNG terminal project in Lithuania. The government succeeded in persuading the MPs that a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is necessary and will be useful for Lithuania. The project has been supported by 82 MPs, 1 MP was against and 11 MPs abstained. The project will be further discussed on June 7 - Baltic Course 17/05/12: Read More

 

Lithuania, Visaginas - New Nuclear Power Plant - Thursday, Lithuania's parliament has approved the building of the projected Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP) and the concession agreement with the Japanese company Hitachi. It has been estimated that the Visaginas NPP project's value amounts to LTL 17 billion (EUR 4.9 billion) - Baltic Course 17/05/12: Read More

 

Norway, Spitsbergen - Coal Mining - Russia is expanding its presence on Spitsbergen. About 2 billion rubles, or $70mn, will be earmarked for Russia’s coal mining projects on the archipelago over the next three years - The Voice of Russia 05/17/12: Read More

 

Russia to Bulgaria via the Black Sea - Gas Pipeline - Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller have concluded that the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline is progressing "as scheduled" - Novinite 05/16/12: Read More

 

Russia, Syzran, Samara Region - Plant Expansion - The EBRD is providing long-term financing to support restructuring, modernisation and expansion of a sanitary ware plant located in Syzran, Samara Region, Russia. The plant, Syzranskaya Keramika, needs improvements to benefit from the fast-growing demand for sanitary ware in Russia - EBRD 05/16/12: Read More

 

Serbia, Belgrade - New 200 Million Euro Shopping Mall - Delta Real Estate, a member of Belgrade-based Delta Holding, plans to build the biggest shopping mall in the country - Bloomberg 05/16/12: Read More

 

Spain - SME Financing - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting Small and Medium sized Busineses (SMEs) in Spain with two EUR 200 millions loans to Banesto and Banco Popular - EIB 15/05/12: Access Details

 

Ukraine, Eastern Donetsk & Kharkiv Regions - Shale Gas - Europe's biggest oil company Shell will start developing shale gas deposits in the Yuzovska gas field, which has estimated reserves of over 4 trillion cubic meters, beginning from next year. Ukraine has set a target of starting shale gas production by 2017, the country's Environment and Natural Resources Minister Eduard Stavitsky said Wednesday. American multinational energy corporation Chevron will start drilling the Olessky field, with estimated reserves of 2.98 trillion cubic meters in 2014, he added. The development of the fields requires an investment of 50 to 70 billion U.S. dollars over the next 30 years, Stavitsky said - CRI 05/17/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, Croydon, London Borough -  Shopping Center Expansion - London Borough of Croydon planners have given Hammerson the green light to redevelop the Centrale Shopping Centre - Construction Enquirer 05/18/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, Dorset, Poole - School Expansion - Kier Construction has won the job to revamp St Aldhelm’s Academy in Poole, Dorset with a bid of £9.8m - Construction Enquirer 05/18/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, East Midlands, Derbyshire - Extra Care Housing - The Together Housing Group has won a major development contract, landing a £25million bid to provide three extra care housing schemes in Derbyshire - 24 Dash 05/18/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, Suffolk, Sudbury, Chilton - 2 New Warehouses - Babergh District Council has granted permission for Prolog to build two large warehouses in Chilton, Sudbury - BBC 16/05/12: Read More  

 

6.  Middle East & Africa

 

Africa - Agricultural Infrastructure - A group of U.S. seed, chemical and equipment companies will invest at least $150 million over the next few years into African agricultural projects and products, the companies said on Friday. The investments pledged by DuPont (DD.N), Monsanto (MON.N), Cargill CARG.UL and others are part of an overall $3 billion effort by companies around the world - Reuters 05/18/12: Read Commitments

 

Africa - Infrastructure Markets - China Investment Corp., the nation's sovereign wealth fund, is willing to increase investment in Africa, especially in infrastructure, as the fund is seeking long-term returns in the rising economy, the company head has said. "Africa's economy is gathering speed, and the growth rate will probably exceed that of China in the future," CIC's president Gao Xiqing told Xinhua during the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, from Wednesday to Friday. Gao said the growing political stability and population in Africa have laid good foundation for the fast economic development of this continent. CIC could find many opportunities in Africa, he said, adding infrastructure would be a good option for long-term investment for economic returns - Xinhua.net 05/11/12: Read More

 

African Development Bank Group in North Africa 2012 – A Year of Transitions is the third annual report produced by the AfDB North region departments. As was the case in earlier editions, the report focuses on the underlying challenges the region faced prior to the Arab Spring. However, this edition probes the obstacles that led to the Arab Spring. It goes on to explore how political transitions underway will shape North Africa’s options in meeting its economic challenges - AfDB 15/05/12: Read More --- Download Full 271 page, 12.6MB Report: The African Development Bank Group in North Africa 2012

 

Angola - LNG Project - European Union authorities announced Wednesday they have cleared a liquefied natural gas joint venture in Angola by BP, Chevron, Eni, Sonangol and Total - EU Business 16/05/12: Read More

 

Bahrain - Oil & Gas - Bahrain’s oil output is expected to double to 100,000 barrels a day (bpd) from the current 50,000 bpd within five years, Bahrain’s energy minister was quoted as saying. He discussed the funds being invested by the Bahraini Government in the sector, with a significant upgrade of refineries and pipeline networks expected in the future. Dr Abdul-Hussain Ali Mirza, speaking at a lunch meeting of the Bahrain British Business Forum (BBBF) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, said about 3,600 wells are being drilled in the kingdom, a BBBF press release said. He also encouraged British companies to look for opportunities within the energy sector, and stressed the importance of the industry to Bahrain as revenue from oil is re-invested into the country Trade Arabia 05/17/12: Read More

 

Chad - Agricultural  Infrastructure - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved US$34.2 million to help rural communities and organizations in Chad increase agricultural and livestock production, while developing sustainable land and water management practices in climate-vulnerable ecosystems - World Bank 05/17/12: Read More

 

Cyprus - Oil & Gas - Results of the Republic of Cyprus' second licensing round; of the 12 blocks covering 45,000 square kilometres on offer, a total of 33 bids were received for nine blocks from 15 companies and consortia. Those bidding included some of the continent's biggest gas operators, Gazprom – through its subsidiary GPB Global Resources, Italy's Eni – in partnership with South Korea's Kogas, Italy's Edison, French giant Total and US independent Marathon – not to mention several UK- and Israel-based independents. BNE 05/17/12: Read More

 

Ghana, Accra, Dodowa - Water Project - A Senior manager of the Export-Import Bank of China (China EXIM Bank) told Xinhua Sunday that its largest funded project for water supply to Accra is going smoothly. The China Government in 2010 granted Ghana a special concessionary supplier's credit facility of around 260 million U.S. dollars through the China EXIM Bank for the project being executed by the China Gezhouba Company Group (CGCG) International near Dodowa - Xinhua.net 05/13/12: Read More

 

Gulf Coast Countries & Across the Globe - Hotel Expansion - With the backdrop of the Fairmont Palm Jumeirah hotel, which is set to open in Q3 2012, Phil Blizzard talks to Tala Jassim Al Bahar, CEO & Chairman, IFA Hotel and Resorts about the hotel and the associated development on Dubai's iconic man-made island. With projects stretching from the USA to Europe, the Middle East and across to Asia, as well as South Africa we have an overview of the development strategy of IFA - AME Info: Read More and Watch IFA Expansion Interview

 

Iran, Persian Gulf Islands, Abu Musa - Tel-Com Market - The Iranian government has ordered the country's second-largest telcoms operator MTN Irancell to extend its network to cover Abu Musa and other disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, after Iranian visitors to Abu Musa received cellphone messages welcoming them to the United Arab Emirates - Zawya 05/17/12: Read More

 

Iraq, East Badrah, Wasit - Oil & Gas - Russia’s Gazprom Neft is expecting to export the first barrel of oil to the global market from the East Badrah oil field, Wasit province, early next year - AK News: 05/16/12: Read More

 

Libya - Oil Refinery - Azeri state energy company SOCAR plans to build an oil refinery and a chain of petrol stations in Libya under its own brand, the Azeri Foreign Ministry said - Libya Business News 14/05/12: Read More

 

Middle East, Turkey & Morocco - IT Disaster Recovery Report - Despite 82% of Middle East organizations experiencing data loss and/or system downtime, 18% are not confident in their ability to recover valuable data, according to a new survey by EMC. Consequently, revenue loss, employee productivity and customer confidence score high as key concerns for regional enterprises, while outdated backup systems, such as tape and CD Roms, are left in place - AME Info 05/14/12: Read More

 

Morocco, Casablanca - Phosphate Production - La Bad et l’office chérifien des phosphates (OCP) ont signé, le 10 mai 2012 à Casablanca, un accord de prêt de 250 millions de dollars dans le cadre du programme d’investissement de l’OCP. Ce prêt est le premier financement non-souverain que la BAD accorde à une entreprise marocaine. Il constitue un repère important dans la vision de la Banque en matière de promotion des entreprises africaines - AfBD 15/05/12: Lire la Suite en Français

 

Mozambique Offshore - Oil & Gas - South Korea's state-run energy company Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has discovered a large natural gas well off the coast of Mozambique, the government said Wednesday. The latest find is the fourth of its kind in the Area 4 block region located in waters northeast of the African country, with its reserve initially estimated at 10 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said - Yonhap News 05/16/12: Read More

 

Oman - Utility & Water Desalination Projects - UTICO, a leading private utility developer in the Middle East, unveiled a utility development project that would lead to lower consumer tariffs and zero subsidies at the recent Oman Water and Power Summit 2012. UTICO is part of the Ghantoot Group, which in February this year had announced a US$500mn investment in Oman’s hospitality, water and energy sectors - Muscat Daily 15/05/12: Read More

 

Oman, Sohar - Desalination Plant - Indian water-technology company VA Tech Wabag Limited recently won a contract for expansion of the desalination plant at the Sohar Industrial Port complex, taking the total value of the project to RO18mn - Muscat Daily 12/05/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh - Metro Transit System - Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a tender process to develop a new metro transit system in the capital Riyadh. In a notice on the Arriyadh Development Authority’s website, “global consortia” were invited to bid to provide infrastructure including rolling stock and telecommunications, as well as tunneling, civil, mechanical and electrical works - Arabian Business 05/15/12: Read More

 

Senegal, Sendou - Senegal’s reliance on crude oil with its high and volatile pricing as a power source has over the past few years prompted Societe National d’Electricite (Senelec), the country’s national electricity utility, to look at coal fired power plants which are considered less costly. Earlier this year Bloomberg reported that Korea Electric Power Corporation plans to build a US$585 million coal fired power station in Senegal, which will boost the country’s capacity by 250 MW - ESI-Africa 18/05/12: Read More

 

South Africa, Cape Town - Manufacturing - The manufacturing sector is to get a R5.75 billion injection over six years from the Department of Trade and Industry to help factories become more competitive in the increasingly difficult global economic environment. Of the R5.75 billion available to manufacturing firms over the next six years, R1.25 billion had been allocated to the programme this financial year. The programme would be complemented by a loan facility by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) - BUA 15/05/12: Read More

 

South Africa, Cape Town - New Correctional Centers - Construction on six new correctional centers will get under way this year, with a further 12 in the pipeline, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday - BUA 16/05/12: Read More

 

South Africa Offshore - Gas & Oil - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has generally not been a fan of enlisting partners to help develop its resource base, but it's willing to make an exception when it explores for oil beneath the choppy waters off the South African coast. The Calgary-based energy company (TSX:CNQ) said Wednesday it will begin looking for a partner this year, aiming to drill its first exploration well in 2013 - Canadian Business 05/16/12: Read More

 

South Sudan, Juba - Road Projects - South Sudan received a US$38 million World Bank grant today to help rehabilitate feeder roads and increase access to rural communities in high agricultural potential areas. The grant will also help improve food security and local service delivery efforts in the vast country - World Bank 05/18/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Airport Expansion - Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum, a close advisor and uncle to Dubai's ruler and a key figure in the emirate's recovery from its 2009 debt debacle, stated, "We will use proceeds from the $1.25 billion sukuk to fund Dubai International Airport expansion." - Sukuk.me 17/05/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - SME Expansion - Dubai is at the start of a new cycle of boom, powered largely by a dynamic private sector, according to Farid Karmostaji, director of Entrepreneur Development Division of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development (Dubai SME). The Middle East is estimated to have over 400,000 high net worth individuals, each with liquid assets of more than $5m, making it an ideal region for growth of franchising and SMEs - Arabian Business 05/12/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates to Georgia - Cinema Expansion - UAE-based Grand Cinemas plans to double its number of cinema screens in the GCC as part of a US$30m expansion plan, its CEO has said. The firm will open new cinemas in the UAE and Qatar and plans to launch its first movie theatre in eastern European nation Georgia as it looks to grow its customers by up to 50 percent - Arabian Business 05/16/12: Read More

 

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Dairy Markets - A new research by Tetra Pak has identified 2.7 billion low-income consumers in developing countries as the global dairy industry’s next big growth opportunity due to an expected rise in prosperity, purchasing power and desire for packaged liquid dairy products (LDP). Study shows that consumption by low-income consumers in developing markets is forecast to increase from about 70 billion litres in 2011 to almost 80 billion litres in 2014, according to the Tetra Pak Dairy Index, which tracks worldwide facts, figures and trends in the global dairy industry. Many of these consumers are expected to switch in coming years from drinking loose milk to packaged milk - Pakistan Today 05/08/12: Read More --- Access Report Details

 

Data Center Market - Japanese conglomerate Hitachi on Monday launched a new data center business that includes everything from planning to construction to IT support. Hitachi said its new "GNEXT Facility & IT Management Service" will cover consulting on environmental and security issues, procurement and installation of power, cooling and security systems, and ongoing hardware maintenance. It will expand to include outsourcing services for software engineers and support for clearing regulatory hurdles and certifications - Computer World 05/07/12: Read More

 

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Alaska, Unalaska - Wastewater Plant Upgrade - The city of Unalaska, Alaska, will undertake a major upgrade of its municipal sewage treatment plant under a settlement of a Clean Water Act enforcement action filed against the city and the state of Alaska by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Under the proposed settlement, Unalaska will spend at least $18 million to upgrade its treatment plant over the next three years to meet the requirements of its current National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit - 7th Space 05/10/12: Read More

 

AZ, Chandler - NextFort Ventures, a provider of energy-efficient modular data centers, will break ground Monday on a new data center in Chandler at 2600 W. Germann Road. The 130,000 square foot facility will be a mix of office space and computing suites - East Valley Tribune 05/11/12: Read More

 

CA, San Francisco - Replacement Hospital - Chinese Hospital, the city's oldest independent community hospital, needs room to grow and a new building that is seismically safe. Thursday, plans to add a new outpatient facility will go before the Planning Commission and the following week the governing body will review the environmental impact report on a proposed new $160 million hospital in Chinatown - San Francisco Chronicle 05/10/12: Read More

 

CA, Santa Fe Springs - New Generator - In other action, the council allocated another $116,122 to the remodeling of the Gus Velasco Neighborhood Center, 9255 Pioneer Blvd. City Manager Thad McCormack said the upgrade is needed because of previously unknown issues. Plans are to use the social and recreational facility as an emergency center. In the latter case, council members decided to purchase a portable generator costing about $90,325 - Wave Newspapers 05/10/12: Read More

 

CA, Santa Rosa - Replacement Hospital - Construction has begun on Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa, a $284 million replacement hospital designed by HGA Architects and Engineers. The new facility will replace the current SMCSR on Chanate Rd., located just north of San Francisco, which was originally built in 1938. The 182,300-square-foot center is expected to open in October 2014. Working closely with Unger Construction and Sutter Health, HGA designed the hospital to become a community anchor and set a benchmark for excellence in patient-centered healthcare - Globe St. 05/09/12: Read More

 

CA, Sonoma - Hospital Expansion - A Sonoma couple who owns one of the nation’s largest independent staffing firms is donating $3 million toward construction of a new emergency center at Sonoma Valley hospital. The new emergency center is part of a $39 million expansion at Sonoma Valley Hospital to bring the 83-bed facility up to state-mandated seismic standards and improve services - Press Democrat 05/11/12: Read More

 

CA, Stanford - New Hospital - Stanford University President John Hennessy today announced the launch of a campaign to transform health care at a local, national and global level. The $1 billion Campaign for Stanford Medicine will make investments in medical research and teaching, build a new Stanford Hospital and accelerate the translation of new medical knowledge into leading-edge, coordinated patient care - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/Business Wire 05/07/12: Read More

 

Canada, AB, Hardisty - Crude Oil Terminal - TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that it has concluded a successful open season for the Keystone Hardisty Terminal project. Sufficient firm commitments were secured from parties interested in accessing the new terminal at the starting point of TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline System - EPC Engineer 05/09/12: Read More

 

Canada, Ontario - New Generator - The Bob Kemp Hospice, in cooperation with the Royal Bank of Canada, has launched the Pennies for Power campaign and is collecting pennies for a new generator at the facility. In one month, Pennies for Power has raised more than $7,000 for the new generator. The hospice set its fundraising goal for the campaign at $50,000, but with the current rate of donations, could raise more - The Spec 05/11/12: Read More

 

CO, New Raymer - New School - Prairie School District will hold its Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new 57,764 square foot PK-12 school at 6 p.m. today, May 10, at the Prairie School. The overall budget for the project is $15,694,207 and is funded by a Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant from the Colorado Department of Education and by a bond approved by voters in November of 2011 - Journal Advocate 05/10/12: Read More

 

FL, Largo - New Data Center - Largo officials plan to build a 2,971 square feet data center on the southwest corner of the library. The total cost projection is $3.1 million. “Data centers are one of the most expensive building types that we do,” said Smith, whose firm is Fleischman Garcia Architects. The firm is working on a much larger data center for Pasco County that costs about $11 million - Largo Leader 05/11/12: Read More

 

FL, Sarasota - Emergency Operations Center - Sarasota County Commissioners approved the location and gave the OK to move forward with designing a new Emergency Operations Center. The new EOC is estimated to cost the county $12.5 million dollars - WWSB 7TV 05/08/12: Read More

 

GA, Athens - New Shopping Center - The Oconee Connector Extension has been open for a couple of months, and crews have been clearing trees for weeks at the site of the future Epps Bridge Centre. Now, according to an article in the Athens Banner-Herald, Bishop Company is preparing to officially break ground on the project Tuesday. The $76 million retail development is happening on a 68-acre tract located along the new stretch of roadway. An estimated 22 commercial buildings are planned, along with a 16-screen theater - Oconee Patch 05/10/12: Read More

 

GA, Atlanta - 23 Story High Rise - Another mixed-use apartment tower is planned in Midtown by Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development. The proposed 23-story building with retail at the bottom and 320 apartments will be at the corner of 6th Street at Juniper Street - Atlanta Journal Constitution 05/10/12: Read More

 

GA, Duluth - New Church - 12Stone Church will build a new 70,000-square-foot campus in Duluth. The new facility on Sugarloaf Circle also will serve as headquarters for a leadership program that will train pastors and ministry leaders through partnerships with Wesley Seminary and Indiana Wesleyan University - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 05/07/12: Read More

 

IL, Alpha - New Generator - Bi-State will complete survey information for the grant process necessary for $65,000 from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The Alpha Village Board agreed these funds would help offset the cost of a generator and grouting of drainage pipes - The Register Mail/Galesburg 05/08/12: Read More

 

IL, Chicago - Supportive Housing Development - Illinois Housing Development Authority, UnitedHealthcare of Illinois and Enterprise Community Investment provide $13.2 million in funding for Mount Prospect project called Myers Place - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/Business Wire 05/07/12: Read More

 

IL, Fayetteville - New Wastewater Treatment Plant - The city of Fayetteville will get a new wastewater treatment plant courtesy of assistance from the federal government. U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello announced that the village will receive a grant of $705,000 and a loan of $1 million through the USDA Office of Rural Development - BND 05/07/12: Read More

 

IL, Manlius Village - New Generator - The Manlius Village Board approved the quote from Halm Electric for $10,500 for the installation of the back-up generator. Four bids were received - Bureau County Republican 05/07/12: Read More

 

IN, Speedway - New Health Care Facility - Community Health Network will break ground on a 40,000 square foot healthcare pavilion along Main Street in downtown Speedway during a ceremony on May 9. Named Community Westview Health Pavilion, the facility, located at 1025 Main Street, will offer primary care, imaging, infusion and physical therapy services - Inside Indiana Business 05/09/12: Read More

 

KS, Overland Park - College Expansion - Johnson County Community College is planning a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Hospitality & Culinary Academy. Classes will begin in fall 2013 in the $12 million, 36,000-square-foot building. It will house offices, classrooms, a library, five culinary labs, an innovation kitchen and a demonstration kitchen in a culinary theater - The Republic/AP 05/07/12: Read More

 

KY, Hazel - New Generator - In other action the Hazel City Council proposed using income from Community Development Block Grant dollars for the purchase of an emergency generator and an emergency warning siren was reported at $58,595 - Murray Ledger 05/08/12: Read More

 

LA, St. James Parrish - Oil Storage Terminal - A consortium including Australian investment bank Macquarie Group said Wednesday that it plans to build a 10-million-barrel oil storage terminal in Louisiana, a $600 million bet on both rising North American crude production and increasing exports of refined petroleum products. The group, led by closely held storage-tank developer Petroplex International LLC, plans to start construction in the first half of 2013 in St. James Parish, La - EPC Engineer 05/09/12: Read More

 

MA, Mattapoisett - New Generator - Mattapoisett will hold its annual Town Meeting beginning 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 14 at Old Rochester Regional High School. This year's Town Warrant features 40 articles that range from the controversial new FEMA floodplain maps to a plan that would explore affordable housing options for senior citizens. The water and sewer articles also cover a $55,000 appropriation to restore one of the town’s drinking water wells and the purchase of an auxiliary generator that would provide the department with portable power in the event of outages - Sippican Village Soup 05/08/12: Read Other Warrants

 

MD, Bethesda - 18 Story Highrise - KBR Building Group has been awarded a $61 million contract to provide construction services for Aurora, a luxury high-rise residential project at North Bethesda Center in North Bethesda, Maryland. KBR Building Group’s contract is with LCOR, a leading real estate development company with offices in the Washington D.C. Metro area, Pennsylvania and New York - KBR 05/08/12: Read More

 

MD, Charlotte Hall - New Generator - In order to ensure that Charlotte Hall in Maryland remains a comfortable and safe residence for veterans the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded more than $3.7 million to expand the emergency generator at the state-run facility. “Our federal-state partnership helps provide quality housing in a caring community for Maryland Veterans who have served their country,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. VA’s grant covers 65 percent of the project’s cost, which carries a $5.8 million price tag - DC Military 05/11/12: Read More

 

MD, Havre de Grace - New Hospital - Havre de Grace is considering proposed changes to one of its zoning districts that would permit construction of what could be Harford County's highest building – the new hospital being planned near the I-95/Route 155 interchange to replace the existing Harford Memorial Hospital in the city's downtown. During Monday's city council meeting, Curtis Coon, chairman of the planning commission, briefly outlined proposed changes to the mixed office employment center zoning as requested by Upper Chesapeake Health, which is proposing a mixed use complex at I-95 and Route 155, including a new hospital and medical offices - Explore Harford 05/09/12: Read More

 

MI, Grand Rapids - New School - Construction officially gets underway on the new $2.3 million Blandford School today that boasts a high-quality environmental and outdoor education - M Live 05/09/12: Read More

 

MI, Monroe County - New College Building - The formal groundbreaking for the new $17 million Career Technology Center at MCCC was held Friday, May 4 - The Agora 05/08/12: Read More

 

MN, Jackson - Plant Expansion - Officials with Federated REA and USDA Rural Development on Monday presented AGCO with a $740,000 no-interest loan for up to 10 years. The loan will be directly applied to a major expansion project nearing completion on the AGCO Jackson campus - Daily Globe 05/10/12: Read More

 

MN, Spring Grove - New Generator - The Spring Grove City Council is looking into buying a generator to run the city's well during "peak alerts," which are short periods when extremely heavy use requires electric providers to purchase extra power at high rates. Public Utilities director Paul Morken said he has only got one bid so far - Spring Grove Herald 05/08/12: Read More

 

MO, Osage Beach - New Shopping Center - A ceremonial groundbreaking will mark the construction start-up for the long-anticipated Dierbergs Lakeview Pointe Shopping Center in Osage Beach - Lake News 05/09/12: Read More

 

MS, D'Iberville - New Public Safety Complex & EOC - A new law signed by the governor will pave the way for a public safety complex in D'Iberville. Construction is slated to begin within the next few weeks and Janus hopes the new police and fire station will be open in the next 16 to 18 months - Clarion Ledger 05/05/12: Read More

 

NC, Meat Camp - New Fire Station - A large crowd of property owners and firefighters within the Meat Camp Volunteer Fire District gathered with friends and fellow firefighters from nearby communities on Sunday afternoon to show their support during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fire station. Bobbitt Design Build of Raleigh was selected as general contractors - Watauga Democrat 05/10/12: Read More

 

NJ, Atlantic City - College Expansion - Atlantic County officials and Atlantic City business leaders gathered Wednesday to ceremonially break ground on a $10 million expansion at the Atlantic Cape Community College campus in Atlantic City. The Caesars Entertainment Wing for Hospitality and Gaming Studies, to be housed in a new, 20,000-square-foot, two-story wing at Arctic and Kentucky avenues, will provide training to entry and mid-level restaurant and hospitality workers and is scheduled to open by spring 2014 - Press of Atlantic City 05/09/12: Read More

 

NJ, Clifton - New Data Center - Telx and Mountain Development Corp. have kicked off construction of a new data center in Clifton, New Jersey, the colocation company announced Friday. The data center will provide about 100,000 sq. ft. of colocation space in a 215,000 sq. ft. building. Mountain Development is building the shell for the campus - Datacenter Dynamics 05/11/12: Read More

 

NJ, River Edge - New Generator - On Monday night, the River Edge Council approved a motion allowing the borough clerk to seek bids for a new public safety building generator. In February, engineer Kenneth DelPercio provided River Edge with two options for upgrading its current 45-kilowatt generator: install a 250-kilowatt generator that would power both the municipal hall and the police department or a 175-kilowatt system to cover only the police department - Riverdell Patch 05/08/12: Read More

 

NM, Silver City - New College Residence Facility - The dirt and the jokes were flying during the groundbreaking for Mustang Village, Western New Mexico University's new $12.8 million residence facility, on Thursday afternoon - Silver City Sun 05/10/12: Read More

 

NY, Massena - New Office Building - Massena Memorial Hospital officials broke ground Tuesday morning on a new $3.9 million, 20,300-square-foot Maple Street medical office building. The construction team includes MMH Building and Grounds Committee; King & King Architects; M/E Engineering; John Beaudoin, MMH maintenance section leader, and the four prime contractors, Northern Tier Contracting Inc., Hyde Stone Mechanical Contractors Inc., Collins-Hammond Electrical Contractors Inc. and Burns Brothers Contractors Inc. - Watertown Daily Times 05/08/12: Read More

 

NY, New York - New Banks - The Federal Reserve has for the first time given approval for a large Chinese bank to purchase a US bank. It also gave approval to two other large Chinese banks to expand their operations in the United States. The Fed board announced Wednesday it was approving the application of the Industrial and Commerce Bank of China Limited, China's largest bank, and two other Chinese firms to purchase The Bank of East Asia USA., located in New York City. The Fed also approved an application by the Bank of China to set up a branch in Chicago and an application by the Agricultural Bank of China Limited to establish a branch in New York City - The Jakarta Post/AP 05/10/12: Read More

 

NY, Syracuse - New College Building - Two years after announcing plans for a new $90 million College of Law on campus, Syracuse University officials are set to break ground on the project this afternoon - The Post-Standard 05/10/12: Read More

 

OH, Mansfield - New VA Medical Facility - City officials got a peek at plans for the regional Veterans Administration facility to be built at 1030 Marion Ave. Architect Tim Alexander, along with developers Dick McCready and Joe Zupan, presented the city planning commission Tuesday with the tentative layout for the medical facility - Mansfield News Journal 05/10/12: Read More

 

OH, Trumbull County - New EOC & Maintenance Bldg. - Trumbull County commissioners will ask engineering and architectural companies to submit proposals to prepare the drawings and specifications for construction of a multipurpose building at the county engineer's office property on North River Road. The new building will house the Trumbull County Emergency Management Agency and Trumbull County Vehicle Maintenance Department - Chicago Tribune 05/04/12: Read More

 

OH, Weatherfield - New Generator - Weatherfield trustees Tuesday authorized advertising for bids for any components still needed for a new 180-foot communication tower and related equipment. Additional purchases still needed are: the tower, a building to house a large generator for the tower and the generator itself - Vindy 05/10/12: Read More

 

OK, Amber - New Generator & Wastewater Lift Station - The Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved a $39,500 Rural Economic Action Plan grant for Grady County Rural Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Management District #2, announced J.D. Strong, executive director of the state agency. The REAP grant will be coupled with a $294,500 Community Development Block Grant and $4,645 in district funds, ledgers reflect. The $338,645 will be earmarked for capital improvements to the district's sewage treatment system. The new lift station will transfer effluent from the existing secondary cell to the new lagoon via more than 1,000 linear feet of new sewer main, records indicate. New pumps will be installed in the existing lift station, which receives all of the wastewater from Amber and pumps it to the primary wastewater treatment lagoon. In addition, a backup generator will be installed to power the existing lift station in the event of an interruption in electric service - The Express Star 05/09/12: Read More

 

OK, Ardmore - New Generator - Ardmore city commissioners approved the emergency purchase of a 100 kilo­watt, natural gas generator for City Hall in the amount of $59,242 - Ardmoreite 05/08/12: Read of More Approvals

 

OK, Pryor - New College Campus - Officials from Rogers State University and Mid-America Industrial Park will be on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, the first step toward the Pryor branch campus' move to a new facility at the industrial park. The new 38,000-square-foot building will be constructed on a 70-plus acre lot in the industrial park. MidAmerica is building the facility and after engineering, utility installation, road and parking lot construction, the total cost of the project will be between $9 million and $10 million, said Sanders Mitchell, administrator at the industrial park - Tulsa World 05/07/12: Read More

 

OR, Clatsop County - New Microwave Tower - Clatsop County Board of Commissioners approved a $60,720 contract with Valmont Industries Inc. for construction of a microwave communications tower at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Facility. The tower is a component of the new county emergency operations center wing slated for construction at Camp Rilea’s Warrior Hall and will link to a multi-county microwave communications network. The tower project is funded by a federal Homeland Security grant - Seaside Signal 05/09/12: Read More

 

OR, Eugene - Student High Rise - One of the biggest housing projects ever for downtown Eugene, got the go signal Wednesday. The Capstone student high rise has been approved by the Eugene City Council. City councilors gave the thumbs up for the Alabama-based firm to build an $89-million, 5 story high rise for student housing - KVAL News 05/10/12: Read More

 

OR, Pendleton - New Hospital - A new hospital is coming soon in Pendleton. Construction has already begun for the new St. Anthony's Hospital  on the other side of town, near Highway 395 and Southridge Plaza. This new facility will be built on 93 acres of land.  It will be attached to a medical center next to an Interpath Labs, already under construction - KNDO 23TV 05/11/12: Read More

 

OR, Portland - Wastewater Treatment Plant - Skanska USA’s Beaverton-based operations are set to land the coveted Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant job. The Sweden-based company would serve as the primary contractor in the $6.6 million job. As such, Skanska would award more than $5 million to subcontractors. About $1.3 million of that work will go to businesses owned by women and minority contractors - Portland Business Journal 05/08/12: Read More

 

PA, Philadelphia - The date is drawing near for the long awaited ground breaking of a James Turrell Skyspace in Chestnut Hill. James Turrell is an internationally renowned Quaker artist who combines both art and science to create his light installations. Turrell's Skyspaces are simple chambers with a precisely calibrated central oculus in the ceiling which opens to the sky via a retractable roof. The Skyspace will be part of Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting's (CHFM) new Quaker meetinghouse and accessible to all faiths. Chestnut Hill Friends New Meetinghouse Project's total budget is $6.2 million - News Works 05/11/12: Read More

 

PA, South Whitehall - New EMS & Forensics Center - Construction of the new Cetronia Ambulance Joint Operations, Regional EMS Education Center and Lehigh County Medico-Legal Forensics Center is expected to get under way in August - South Whitehall Patch 05/09/12: Read More

 

SC, Spartanburg - New Church - St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church breaks ground on $9 million church - Go Upstate 05/11/12: Read More

 

TN, Decherd - New Engine Plant - We’ve known about the partnership between Daimler and Renault – Nissan for some time now, but it is only today that we get very concrete reminders of the cooperation that involves engine- and technology-sharing between the automakers—the two have just concluded the groundbreaking for a new engine-manufacturing plant in Decherd, Tennessee - Benz Insider 05/09/12: Read More

 

TN, East Knoxville - New Church - On Sunday, the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Knoxville held a groundbreaking for its new $3.4 million sanctuary. Seven Christian education classrooms will also be built - Local 8/Volunteer TV 05/06/12: Read More

 

TX, Bee Cave - New Wastewater Plant - The City Council voted Tuesday to approve development plans and water quality controls for the West Travis County Public Utility Agency's proposed effluent storage pond and wastewater treatment facility. The new $12 million wastewater plant will be built on 12.5 acres at 12900½ Bee Cave Parkway near the Hill Country Galleria - Statesman 05/10/12: Read More

 

VA, Ashburn - New Data Center - Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading global provider of data center solutions, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony this morning to celebrate the start of construction on a major expansion of its Northern Virginia data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The new two-story 214,000 square-foot world-class data center facility is the fourth building to be developed at the campus in recent years by Digital Realty - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/PR Newswire 05/09/12: Read More

 

WA, Seattle - Office Towers - Amazon's architects presented more detailed plans for the company's 3.3 million-square-foot office complex to the city's advisory Downtown Review Board Tuesday night. Among other things, those plans show a circular dog park about 40 feet in diameter just off Sixth Avenue between Lenora and Blanchard streets, in a park like plaza between a tower and smaller office building - Seattle Times/Chicago Tribune 05/09/12: Read More

 

WI, Shawano - New Hospital - ThedaCare is another step closer to building a new hospital in Shawano. The Appleton-based health care system, which operates Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, on Wednesday announced The Boldt Co. of Appleton will serve as general contractor and construction manager for the project - Chicago Tribune 05/10/12: Read More

 

WV, Huntington - New Children's Hospital - Ground was broken today during a celebration along Hal Greer Boulevard at Cabell Huntington Hospital on the first phase of the Children's Hospital project that has raised more than $11 million toward the campaign goal of $12 million from community businesses, individuals and state leaders - Huntington News 05/11/12: Read More

 

WV, Martinsburg - New Wastewater Treatment Plant - The city of Martinsburg is embarking on probably the largest public-works project of its history, said Steve Knipe, director of the city's water and sewer department, after Thursday's city council meeting. "I'm excited. It's quite the project," he said, referring to the construction of a new waste water treatment plant at an estimated total cost of about $47.7 million - The Journal 05/11/12: Read More

 

WY, Guernsey - New Apartment Complex - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Oregon Trail Apartments, the new multi-dwelling building will be held Thursday, May 17 at 2 p.m. at the corner of Chugwater and South Wyoming Ave. just south of the Guernsey-Sunrise Schools. The groundbreaking will kick off construction of a 12-unti housing complex with one, two and three bedroom units. The apartments are being developed by the Wyoming Housing Network who have partnered with Blue Line Development - Guernsey Gazette 05/08/12: Read More

 

3.   Latin America & Caribbean

 

Brazil & Chile - Power Generation & Transmission - Chinese transmission company State Grid Corp plans to invest US$10bn in regional expansion through to 2015, the company's director of development Qu Yang revealed at the 2nd BNamericas Hydro Power Summit Latin America in São Paulo. "Around 40-50% of this figure will go into transmission projects, depending on the competition level in auctions. The rest would go towards looking at generation projects, on both greenfield and brownfield sites," Yang told BNamericas on the sidelines of the conference. The executive confirmed that Brazil and Chile would be the main areas of concentration for the firm - Business News Americas 05/10/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Sao Paulo, Votorantim - Water Treatment Infrastructure - El grupo Sacyr Vallehermoso, a través de su filial portuguesa Somague Ambiente especializada en servicios medioambientales, se ha adjudicado por 300 millones de euros el contrato para la prestación del servicio público de abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento en la ciudad de Votorantim situada en Sao Paulo, Brasil - Sacyr Vallehermoso 05/07/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Brazil, Serra Azul - Mining Expansion - Brazilian iron ore miner MMX (Bovespa: MMXM3) revised up the capex for its Serra Azul iron ore complex in Minas Gerais state by 20% due to the need to buy more equipment, the construction of a pipeline and more land acquisitions, among other factors, CEO Guilherme Escalhão said during a conference call to discuss Q1 results - Business News Americas 05/11/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Paraná - Açúcar Produção - A diretoria do BNDES aprovou financiamento de R$ 226,2 milhões para a Usina de Açúcar Santa Terezinha Ltda. Os recursos serão destinados ao plantio de 67 mil hectares de cana-de-açúcar no Paraná — 9 mil hectares de novos canaviais e 58 mil hectares de reforma dos já existentes —, e repassados pelo Banco do Brasil, Itaú BBA e Santander, agentes financeiros do BNDES: Leia mais em Português

 

Brazil, Trairi, Ceará - Wind Farm - A diretoria do BNDES aprovou financiamento de R$ 358 milhões para quatro parques eólicos em Trairi, no Ceará. Os empreendimentos compõem o Projeto Trairi, que terá potência instalada total de 115,4 MW e entrará em operação em janeiro de 2013. As centrais eólicas, constituídas em Sociedades de Propósito Específico, são controladas indiretamente pela Tractebel Energia S.A. e diretamente pela Energias Eólicas do Nordeste S.A. - BNDES 10/05/12: Leia mais em Português

 

Chile, Aysén - Hydroelectric Dam - The government's environmental evaluation commission in Aysén on Tuesday approved the construction of a hydroelectric dam to be built on the Río Cuervo in far southern Chile. The project, which will be run by Energía Austral, a subsidiary company of Xstrata Copper, and Australian company Origin Energy, represents a US$6.45 billion investment - Santiago Times 05/08/12: Read More

 

Colombia - Oil Pipeline - Colombia says it has signed agreements with China to study the joint financing and construction of a pipeline that would send at least 300,000 barrels of oil daily to Colombia's Pacific coast for export. Colombian Mining and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas tells The Associated Press that two memorandums of understanding were signed Wednesday during President Juan Manuel Santos' visit in Beijing. Cardenas said by phone from China that one agreement is with China's development bank while the other involves the bank, Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol and the Chinese conglomerate Sinochem - The Jakarta Post 05/11/12: Read More

 

Cuba - New Hotels - El Ministerio de Turismo de Cuba ejecutará un ambicioso plan de expansión turística en la cayería norte del país, con la construcción de más de 45 mil nuevas habitaciones, así como infraestructuras de todo tipo entre los cayos de Villa Clara, los cayos Coco y Guillermo, al norte de Ciego de Ávila, y Cayo Cruz y Sabinal en Camagüey, estos últimos actualmente con baja explotación turística, informó un directivo del Grupo Gaviota durante FITCuba 2012 - Cá mara de Comercio 11/05/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Ecuador, Quito - New Metro Stations - Construction of Ecuadorian capital Quito's first metro line should begin by mid-2013, Metro de Quito manager Edgar Jácome told BNamericas. On Tuesday (May 8), experts from Spain's Metro de Madrid delivered the first set of engineering studies to Quito authorities, a press release from the municipality reads - Business News Americas 05/09/12: Read More

 

Haiti, Port-au-Prince - Electrical Infrastructure - Tutor Perini Corporation, a annoncé jeudi, que sa filiale, Perini Management Services, Inc, avait commencé la construction d'un projet de 12,7 millions de dollars, financé par l’Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID), pour des travaux de reconstruction électrique. Le projet comprend la réhabilitation et la modernisation de cinq sous-stations municipales de 69Kv dans la région de Port-au-Prince ainsi que des réparations et améliorations sur les systèmes de transmission et de distribution d’électricité en Haïti - Haïti Libre 05/05/12: Lire la Suite en Français

 

Jamaica, Kingston - Plant Expansion & Co-Generation - Pepsico is currently building capacity to facilitate its pending takeover of the Ocean Spray distributorship in Jamaica. The development is a major part of the US$10-million ($870-million) upgrade being undertaken by the multinational giant at its manufacturing plant in Kingston, reliable sources inform the Jamaica Observer. PepsiCo Jamaica is being managed by Central American Bottling Corporation, the Pepsi bottler for Central America. Commercial director Gustavo Flamenco said in a recent interview; "We are evaluating the possibility of building a co-generation plant to significantly reduce energy cost; it is a necessity, an imperative... we don't have a choice, we have to have one going forward," Flamenco asserted, noting that the company is looking at various fuel sources including LPG, bunker and coal. - Jamaica Observer 05/09/12: Read More

 

Mexico - Real Estate Development & Infrastructure - Luego de pronunciarse por la necesidad de fortalecer el mercado interno en México, el presidente de Grupo Carso, Carlos Slim Domit, anunció inversiones en desarrollos inmobiliarios por mil 500 millones de dólares (19 mil 841 millones de pesos) como parte del presupuesto destinado para este 2012. "Durante este año pensamos tener una inversión de 60 mil 250 millones de pesos de éstos, alrededor de mil 500 millones de dólares van a estar destinados a desarrollos inmobiliarios y de infraestructura sin considerar la infraestructura en telecomunicaciones" - CMIC 10/05/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico, Veracruz - Port Expansion - Spanish company Acciona is eyeing a potential project to expand Mexico's port of Veracruz, Acciona Mexico director Guillermo Jiménez told BNamericas. The proposed 40bn-peso (US$3.04bn) initiative entails expanding the northern area of the port by 500ha into the Vergara bay. An additional 32 docks would be built, as well as specialized terminals for containers, cars and bulk cargo - Business News Americas 05/07/12: Read More

 

Peru - Energy & Water Infrastructure - Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced Wednesday that his country will provide a US$ 250 million loan to Peru for economic development programs. According to Japan’s embassy in Peru, the loans will be allocated to fight poverty through energy renewal, improve water and solid waste infrastructure, and develop regional tourist development - Andina 05/09/12: Read More

 

Peru, Lima - Construction Markets - The International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK) opened a subsidiary in Lima to increase its participation in Peruvian infrastructure projects, Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversion) reported. ICAK, which has 740 member companies in the construction industry, like Samsung, SK, Posco and GS, has established overseas branches in India, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, and now in Peru - Andina 05/06/12: Read More

 

4.   Asia & Oceania

 

Afghanistan, Kabul - Power Distribution - Ministry of Water and Energy officials on Wednesday said that work on two power projects that were delayed for security reasons had started. The projects are aimed at increasing electricity supply to Laghman and Kunduz provinces - Pajhwok News 05/09/12: Read More

 

Australia, Blaydin Point, Darwin, Northern Territory - LNG Facilities - Leighton Contractors has been awarded a $93million Engineer, Procure and Construct(EPC) contract by JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd for the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Temporary Site Facilities at Blaydin Point, Darwin, Northern Territory - EPC Engineer 05/10/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland, Curtis Island - LNG Project - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $2.95 billion direct loan to support U.S. exports to the Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The transaction is Ex-Im’s second-largest single-project financing in history and is also the Bank’s first LNG project in Australia. Ex-Im’s financing is expected to support an estimated 11,000 American jobs. Principal U.S. exporters are ConocoPhillips Co. and Bechtel International, both of Houston, Texas. Additional exporters and suppliers include numerous small businesses in Texas, Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon and Oklahoma. “Our authorization paves the way for U.S. companies to export equipment and services to this major LNG project and, in so doing, to maintain thousands of American jobs across the country,” said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg. “This financing also demonstrates how the United States and China can work together for our mutual benefit to foster trade and develop critically needed energy resources.” - ExIm Bank 05/08/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland - LNG & Water Infrastructure - Leighton Contractors will deliver $800million worth of gas and water infrastructure across rural and central Queensland after having been awarded two key contracts by Australia Pacific LNG. A $450million gas gathering system south of Miles in Central Queensland and the $350 million contract to construct Water Treatment Facilities at Condabri Central, Talinga and Reedy Creek, near Roma in Central Queensland, will see almost 1,000 people employed across these vital projects - EPC Engineer 05/10/12: Read More

 

Australia, Victoria, Bendigo - New Hospital - Victoria's Deputy Premier expects Bendigo’s new hospital will be completed on time despite delays in issuing a contract for construction. The Health Department had expected the contracts would be signed and construction started on the $630 million development in December - Bendigo Advertiser 05/12/12: Read More

 

Burma - Sewing Factories & Oil - There are predictions that resource-rich Burma could become a new Asian tiger, if reforms continue and sanctions ease on the previously shuttered economy - ABC 05/10/12: Read More

 

Cambodia, Poipet – Casino Expansion - Entertainment Gaming Asia, a leading gaming company focused on emerging gaming markets in Pan-Asia, today announced it will hold the groundbreaking ceremony for its slot hall project in Poipet. The Poipet Project, strategically located at Cambodia's most significant border crossing with Thailand, will be constructed as an extension of an existing popular casino and will be operated by the Company under its Dreamworld brand name. The $7.5 million internally funded Poipet Project is expected to open by the end of this year - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/Business Wire 05/07/12: Read More  

 

China & Mongolia - New Data Centers - According to a tender project from China Mobile, the telecom operator plans to build two new data centers in Hohhot, Mongolia and Harbin,China respectively, covering a total area of 185 hectares - China Tech News 05/11/12: Read More

 

China - Foreign Trade - China’s Ministry of Commerce released the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for Foreign Trade Development last week, which aims at an annual growth of 10 percent during 2011-2015 and a total of US$4.8 trillion by 2015 - China Briefing 05/04/12: Read More with Access to Related Data

 

China, Shanghai - Business Park - A new research and development zone will be built in Shanghai International Automobile City to help the auto industry rev up its innovation engine. The Auto R&D Harbor, which broke ground today in Jiading District, covers an area of 200,000 square meters and features around 120 buildings varying in size from 300 to 2,000 square meters. The construction of the complex will be wrapped up at a cost of 1.5 billion yuan (US$238.5 million) - Shanghai Daily 05/09/12: Read More

 

China, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province - According to industry insiders, Baosteel received government approval at the end of April for a 10 million ton plant in Zhanjiang, a port city in Guangdong Province. Xu confirmed the news, but said the official papers had yet to be received, web portal NetEase reported yesterday - Shanghai Daily 05/09/12: Read More

 

India - Water Infrastructure - India's Vanishing Aquifers - Satellite images provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration a few years ago showed how bad the problem was: Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana showed a-foot-a-year decline between 2002 and 2008, double the capacity of India’s largest surface water reservoir. The World Bank has said that 60 per cent of the country’s aquifers will be in “critical” condition by 2025; 29 per cent are already “semi-critical”. Some areas in cities like Chennai have done well to introduce aquifer-replenishing methods of water harvesting, and local authorities should be encouraged to replicate these successes - Business Standard 05/08/12: Read More

 

India, Chennai - Wind Power - Hatsun Agro Product, the Chennai-based dairy known for brands such as Arun ice-cream, is scouting for partners in wind power generation. RG Chandramogan, Chairman and Managing Director of Hatsun, said the company has zeroed in on 3 players, all of whom are in wind energy. ""We will finalise the deal in a month,"" he said - Economic Times 05/11/12: Read More

 

India, Haryana – New Manufacturing Plant - Denso Corp., a major auto parts maker, said Monday it will spend about 2.7 billion rupees (¥4 billion) to build a new plant in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The Japanese parent, partly owned by Toyota Motor Corp., decided to shift the production to the new plant to have Denso India focused on alternators and starter motors to meet rising auto demand in the emerging economy - Japan Times 05/08/12: Read More

 

India, Delhi - Hospital Expansion - Moolchand Healthcare Ltd, a part of the Moolchand Group, today announced the company's plans to invest Rs 500 crore for further growth in healthcare services. Funding will be deployed towards expansion of Moolchand Hospital in Delhi, new green field hospitals, acquisition of existing hospitals and development of new healthcare service verticals-- fertility, diagnostics and renal care, a company statement said here - Business Standard 05/11/12: Read More

 

India, Mumbai - Steel Plant - Mumbai-based Uttam Galva will spend Rs 500 crore in the current fiscal year as part of this programme to make high value products that will improve its operating margins by 2% to about 12%, Uttam Galva deputy managing director Ankit Miglani told ET on Thursday. The technology integration programme, which is being overlooked by a team headed by ArcelorMittal's India and China head Vijay Bhatnagar, will bring in new plant and machinery to manufacture products which are now imported by Indian users of consumer goods. Uttam Galva is a cold-rolled steel player that makes products used to make bodies for cars and consumer goods - Economic Times 05/11/12: Read More

 

India, Rajasthan, Udaipur - Wastewater Treatment Plant - Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc today said it had signed an agreement with the Rajasthan government to set up the first sewage treatment plant in the state at Udaipur with a cost of Rs 170 crore - Business Standard 05/11/12: Read More

 

India, Tamil Nadu - Generator Subsidies - Micro, small and medium scale industries could avail enhanced subsidy for buying power generator sets, Collector Ashish Kumar said. In a statement, he said that to meet the needs of these industrialists, the State government had launched a new initiative. At times of power cut, generators were essential to produce goods without a break. The industrialists could avail either 25 per cent of the total cost of power generators with a capacity of 320 KVA or Rs.5 lakh as subsidy. Those wiling to avail the benefit should apply for it by June 18. For further details contact, District Industries Centre, Bypass Road, Tuticorin in person or call 0461 2340053 or 2340152 - The Hindu 05/12/12: Read More

 

India, Uttar Pradesh - New Steam Turbines - Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday that it has won a $315 million contract from India’s Meja Urja Nigam Pvt. Ltd. for the supply of two 660-megawatt steam turbines and power generators to its coal-fired power plant in Uttar Pradesh state - The Wall Street Journal 05/09/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Citereup, Bogor, West Java - Cement Plant Expansion - Indonesia’s second largest cement producer, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk, says it will spend more than Rp 1 trillion (US$109 million) this year on expansion projects. Following the company’s annual and extraordinary shareholders meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday, director Kuky Permana said that one of the firm’s main projects would be the construction of a new cement factory in Citereup, Bogor, West Java - The Jakarta Post 05/09/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, East Java - New Cement Plant - The Bosowa business group has kicked off the construction of its Banyuwangi cement plant in East Java on Monday, valued at Rp 773,450 billion (US$83.82 million) - The Jakarta Post 05/07/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, East Karawang, West Java - The business units of state-owned construction firm PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) and Japan’s PS Mitsubishi Construction Co. Ltd. have agreed to build a new concrete plant to support Japan’s planned infrastructure projects in Indonesia. PT Wijaya Karya Beton and PT Komponindo Betonjaya (Kobe) on Thursday established a new joint venture to realize the plant in East Karawang, West Java, with an estimated investment of up to Rp 150 billion (US$16.35 million) - The Jakarta Post 05/11/12: Read More

 

Japan, Fukushima - Nuclear Re-Construction - Japan's government will effectively nationalise TEPCO, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as part of a $12 billion restructuring plan. By injecting the funds into TEPCO to save it from bankruptcy, the Japanese government will also take a controlling stake in the operator of the Fukushima plant - ABC.au 05/10/12: Read More

 

Japan, Osaka - Amusement Park - Universal Studios Japan is going to boost the footprint of its park in Osaka with a $500 million investment  devoted to the Harry Potter phenomenon that is slated for opening in 2014, a spokesman said Thursday - Japan Times 05/11/12: Read More

 

Japan, Western Region - Power Shortfall - Western Japan may experience power shortages this summer and will have to fill in 6.3% supply-demand gap to avoid blackouts, the draft of a government panel's report said Thursday. The projection was made on the premise that the weather is as hot as 2010--the hottest summer since the country started collecting data--and that no nuclear power reactors have come back into operation by then - Nikkei 05/10/12: Read More

 

Malaysia, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur - Condo & Office Construction - The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) is mulling an exercise to develop another piece of its land in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, and at least four developers have expressed firm interest in the project, according to industry sources. The sources added that the project would entail condominiums and office blocks with an estimated gross development value of some RM1.5 billion (US$490.9 million) - The Jakarta Post 05/08/12: Read More

 

Mongolia - Construction & Infrastructure - A wave of new infrastructure and phased housing projects in Mongolia looks set to give the country’s construction sector a huge boost while also generating wide-ranging opportunities for foreign investors in the building industry. Mongolia is rolling out an extensive programme of developments that includes the construction of roads, bridges and homes as it gears up for an anticipated natural resources boom that is expected to transform the economy and pave the way for widespread urbanisation. The government is funding many of the projects through its mining sector and state budget but is also looking to attract investment from the private sector for developments that include the building of satellite cities to reduce population density, road networks and infrastructure for power - Business Mongolia 05/07/12: Read More

 

Mongolia - Mining & Steel Plant - State-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) today said it has inked a pact with Mongolia for exploring opportunities of setting up mineral processing units for iron ore and coal besides steel making units there. "The MoU envisages exploration of opportunities for investments to be made by SAIL either individually or in a consortium with other entities to develop mineral processing/steel manufacturing facility in Mongolia," via a statement by SAIL - Business Standard 05/11/12: Read More

 

New Zealand, Timaru - Hospital Upgrade - In planning for the future the South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) has narrowed its options to two with its Facility Master Plan. The cheapest option has a price tag of $83.2m, while the alternative option would cost $94.8m - The Timaru Herald 05/11/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Islamabad - Power Shortfall - Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar on Tuesday said that country is facing sever energy crisis as it suffers a deficit of around 6000 MW in the system during peak summer season. Speaking at a two-day second Pak-China Joint Energy Working Group's meeting, here he said that the growing demand is a big challenge for the Pakistan government. "But this growing demand also provides immense opportunities for Chinese investors to participate and share the benefits", he added. He said that the government is committed to resolving the prevailing energy crises and achieve energy security on sustainable basis with active support of its brethren countries especially China - Business Recorder 05/08/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Thar Desert, Tharparkar District, Sindh Province - New Power Plant - The government has initiated work on projects with the private investors to generate 2,500 megawatts power from Thar coal fields. Sources say that Engro Corporation would develop 6.5 million ton annual open-pit mine in Block 2, Thar while a 1,200 mw power generation plant would also be built at the cost of $ 3 billion dollars - Pak Tribune 05/11/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Catanduanes - Power Shortfall - Just three days after President Aquino led the ceremonial switch-on of the much-touted mini hydroelectric plants of Sunwest Water and Electric Co. here, the entire Catanduanes grid began experiencing six-hour brownouts on Saturday when a bunker-fuel generating set conked out and the three hydropower plants on stream failed to deliver due to low water levels - Inquirer 05/08/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Manila - 25 Story, Condo-Hotel Project - Green Asia holds groundbreaking ceremony for Privato Tower. Property developer Green Asia recently introduced its latest venture, Privato Tower, via a groundbreaking ceremony attended by notable guests and personalities - Phil Star 05/11/12: Read More

 

Singapore - Oil & Gas - Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$208 million contract to construct a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig for Perisai (L) Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, with an option to construct an additional unit of a similar specification jackup rig for delivery in the second quarter of 2015. The price for the option rig is US$210 million with adjustment to certain cost escalation - EPC Engineer 05/09/12: Read More

 

South Korea, North Gyeongsang Province - New Nuclear Reactors - South Korea on Friday started construction on two new nuclear reactors that use locally made components for all their critical systems, the government said. The reactors, to be built at the Uljin power plant in North Gyeongsang Province, will be based on the Advanced Power Reactor (APR) design that can generate 1,400 megawatts of electricity, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said - Yonhap News 05/04/12: Read More

 

Turkey, Çorlu & Karasu – New Auto Plants - Chinese auto firm Chery plans to invest about half a billion dollars in Turkey over five years in three phases, said Murat Mermer, vice chairman of local distributor Mermerler. Mermer said in the first stage Chery would invest $120 million, speaking to the Anatolia news agency in the western province of Balıkesir, where Chery General Manager Wang Ke and regional representative Yankun He were visitng to inspect a plant. “We will build an engine factory in Çorlu, with contributions from the German FEV company and the Chery group,” Mermer said. The broader plan also includes an assembly station at Karasu in Sakarya, a province neighboring Istanbul - Hurriyet Daily News 05/09/12: Read More

 

5.   Europe

 

 

27 European Union Countries - Export Markets - The findings of HSBC’s latest Global Trade Forecast suggest that the acceleration of growth in the EU27 is anticipated in 2014, as opposed to 2015, as was previously predicted, and overall trade in the region is expected to grow 80% by 2026. The Forecast paints a particularly positive picture for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as seven out of the top 10 countries (in the EU27 region) are expected to grow their exports most rapidly. Slovakia and Poland, for example, feature in the top three fastest growing exporters in the EU27, increasing activity by 6.37% and 5.93% respectively over the next five years - BNE 05/08/12: Read More

 

Austria, Edelstahl, Burgenland - New Plant - Coca-Cola is investing about €40 million in the "Coca-Cola Hellenic" bottling centre that will be one of the most modern in Europe - Austrian Times 09/05/12: Read More

 

Denmark, Aarhus - Power Station Bio Mass Conversion - In cooperation with AffaldVarme Aarhus, which is part of Aarhus Municipality’s Technical Services and Environment, DONG Energy has decided to extend the service life of Unit 3 of Studstrup power station in Aarhus, so that the plant can continue in operation in the period to 2030. The total cost of the investment in the service life extension is approx. DKK 550 million, 50% of which will be borne by AffaldVarme Aarhus.  - EPC Engineer 05/10/12: Read More

 

Finland, Joensuu - Bio-Oil Plant - Metso and Fortum Power and Heat have signed a contract regarding a delivery of a bio-oil production plant and a related automation system to the Fortum power plant in Joensuu, Finland - The Engineer 05/08/12: Read More

 

Georgia, Batumi - US property mogul Donald Trump is considering investing more than $100 million in a residential high rise on the Black Sea coast of Georgia as he considers projects in other former Soviet Union countries. Trump, who travelled to Georgia after a visit to Istanbul, unveiled the 47 story Trump Tower Batumi project with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and partner Silk Road Group - International Business Times 05/07/12: Read More

 

Lithuania - New Nuclear Plant - Lithuania's government approved draft legislation Wednesday that would allow a new nuclear power plant for the ex-Soviet Baltic republic heavily dependent on Russian energy supplies. "This is an historic day," Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius told reporters in Vilnius, stressing the move was a key step toward "energy independence". Plans call for the plant to be up and running by 2020 - NSSPI/Paulo's Corner 05/10/12: Read More

 

Norway, Barents Sea Offshore - Oil Exploration - Statoil ASA, together with partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS, has established a plan for further exploration drilling in the Skrugard area. The exploration campaign will comprise four new prospects and is scheduled to commence late 2012 - Euro-Petrole 05/10/12: Read More

 

Romania, Cluj-Napoca - New Data Center - Romanian company Brinel, based in Cluj-Napoca, announced it will invest approximately EUR 1 million into a data center - Balkans 10/05/12: Read More

 

Russia & Norway Artic & Offshore - Oil Exploration - Russia’s state oil champion Rosneft on May 5 struck a $2.5 billion Arctic exploration deal with Norway’s Statoil, its third major tie-up in a month and a sign of its growing global ambitions - Hurriyet Daily News 05/07/12: Read More

 

Serbia, Subotica - Sewer & Water Infrastructure - The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Serbia with an €11 million sovereign guaranteed loan for the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the City of Subotica, in the northern part of the country. As a European Union candidate country, adopting the EU Environmental policy is one of Serbia’s key priorities. It is estimated that aligning Serbia’s water infrastructure sector to EU standards would require investments of approximately €5.5 billion - EBRD 05/04/12: Read More

 

Ukraine; Donetsk, Kharkiv & Lviv Regions - Shale Gas - Shell and Chevron are likely to win tenders for two potentially large shale gas fields in Ukraine, a government source told Reuters - Reuters 05/10/12: Read More

 

Ukraine, Port of Yuzhnyi, Odessa - LNG Terminal - Ukraine is inviting Qatar to help build a liquefied-natural-gas terminal under a strategic partnership program to be signed when President Viktor Yanukovych visits the Persian Gulf nation in autumn this year. The former Soviet republic plans to build an 846 million- euro ($1.1 billion) LNG terminal at the port of Yuzhnyi, in the Odessa region. About 70 percent of the costs will be borrowed, Vladyslav Kaskiv, the head of state national projects, which is managing the LNG project, said - Bloomberg 05/10/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Devon, Lynmouth - New Tidal Generator - A full sized underwater tidal generator capable of powering up to 1,000 homes is being proposed or the waters off Lynmouth. Sheffield-based energy company Pulse Tidal has been given permission by the Crown Estate to place a commercial scale 1.2MW machine on the seabed off Foreland Point in 2014. The company was awarded a £6.5 million EU grant to help develop its new Pulse-Stream system, which operates by tidal currents moving horizontal blades up and down to drive a generator - North Devon Gazette 05/09/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, London - Airport Capital Improvements - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was appointed to a four-year framework contract by Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) in the United Kingdom to provide professional services support to its airport capital projects team in delivering Gatwick's planned $1.9 billion (1.172 billion pounds Sterling) capital investment program. Under the contract, Jacobs may provide a range of services including project management, construction support, cost management and safety advisory services - Jacobs 05/08/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Offshore North Sea - Offshore Oil & Gas - Reef Subsea awarded contract by Talisman in the UK North Sea for its two new subsea construction support vessels - Reef Larissa and Reef Despina - Euro-Petrole 05/09/12: Read More

 

6.   Middle East & Africa

 

All Africa - Infrastructure - China Investment Corp., the nation's sovereign wealth fund, is willing to increase investment in Africa, especially in infrastructure, as the fund is seeking long-term returns in the rising economy, the company head has said. "Africa's economy is gathering speed, and the growth rate will probably exceed that of China in the future," CIC's president Gao Xiqing told Xinhua during the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, from Wednesday to Friday - Xinhua 05/11/12: Read More

 

All MENA Countries – New Hotels - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is strengthening its position as the leading hotel operator in the Middle East and North Africa region with an existing portfolio of nearly 70 hotels and a pipeline of 40 new hotels. This growth, primarily in the luxury and upper-upscale segments, represents an increase of nearly 60 percent over the next five years - Hurriyet Daily News 05/08/12: Read More

 

Burundi, Bujumbura, Gitega, & Ngozi - Public Works - The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an International Development Association grant of US$15 million which will provide additional financing to the Republic of Burundi for the ongoing implementation of its Public Works and Urban Management Project - World Bank 05/08/12: Read More

 

Cyprus, Aphrodite Offshore - Oil & Gas - The Republic of Cyprus, a European Union member country, is proceeding with development of the Aphrodite offshore field. This is the first of 12 offshore gas and oil blocs that Cyprus plans to tender out to international companies. Bidding for the other 11 blocs was announced in February 2012, with a deadline for submitting applications by May 11 - Asia Times/Balkans 11/05/12: Read More

 

Mozambique - LNG Projects - Mozambique is in talks with Royal Dutch Shell PLC about the oil giant developing the country's natural gas resources, including a possible liquefied-natural-gas project, President Emilio Guebuza said Wednesday. President Guebuza said his country would seek to "negotiate a participation in mega-projects" like an LNG plant - EPC Engineer 05/09/12: Read More

 

Mozambique - Mining - Coal India (CIL) has come out with bids, inviting companies to take up drilling work of its twin mines in Mozambique that have reserves of over 1 billion tonnes - Business Standard 05/11/12: Read More

 

Nigeria, Lagos - Mining, Petrochemicals, Cement & Infrastructure - Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said his conglomerate needed to spend $7.5 billion over the next four years to expand operations in a range of sectors. "We are going into something big. We are going into mining, petrochemicals, cement and infrastructure," he said on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum - Reuters Africa 05/10/12: Read More

 

Qatar, Doha - New Bank - Qatar's government, the Islamic Development Bank and a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabia's Dallah Albaraka Group in Sudan have agreed to set up an $11bn Islamic bank that will be based in Doha, Arab News reported, citing Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman Saleh Kamel, chairman and founder of the Dallah Albaraka Group - Arabian Business 05/09/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Dammam - Manufacturing Plant - Siemens took the next step towards a massive expansion of its activities in Saudi Arabia, breaking ground on a landmark manufacturing facility for gas turbines and compressors. The power equipment manufactured at the plant will be supplied to the local Saudi market, where energy requirements are strongly increasing. Siemens and its local partner, E.A. Juffali & Brothers, will invest jointly a three-digit million US Dollar figure in the facility, which will be constructed on a 220,000 square-meter site in Dammam in the Kingdom's Eastern Region - Siemens 05/08/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi - Oil & Gas - Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi government's investment vehicle, expects to spend about AED20.1bn (US$5.47bn) this year as its seeks to expand a diverse line of businesses ranging from oil and gas to semiconductors - Arabian Business 05/09/12: Read More

 

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Data Center Trends - Attendance and interest continue to build for the inaugural Greater Chicago Data Center Summit June 7 in Chicago, IL USA - PR Newswire 05/03/12: Read More

 

Regional Economic Outlook - Western Hemisphere - Growth in much of Latin America remains solid, although it slowed during the second half of 2011 as result of the combined effects of policy tightening and global uncertainties. Under our baseline, we expect growth in Latin America and the Caribbean to moderate to about 3¾ percent in 2012, from about 4½ last year. For many countries, high commodity prices and easy external financing conditions will provide tailwinds. For others, weak growth in the United States and other advanced-country partners, or homegrown fiscal problems, will hold back activity. This edition of the Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere elaborates on three key themes. First, the global economic environment is somewhat better than in late 2011, but remains risky as renewed tensions from Europe and the likelihood of an oil price shock cannot be discarded. Second, external conditions will remain simulative for much of Latin America: The double tailwinds of easy external finance and high commodity prices are likely to persist for a while, though not forever. And third, this environment creates opportunities for Latin America—opportunities to build on the resilience and flexibility that has served it so well during the global crisis of 2008-09. This edition also expands on these themes through analytical features on regional spillovers, the growth effects of global financial shocks, and housing and mortgage markets in the region - IMF 04/25/12: Read More --- Download Full 72 page, PDF Report: Regional Economic Outlook - Western Hemisphere

 

2.   North America

 

5 US States - Shale Gas - China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec), the country's second-largest oil producer, today said it has completed the acquisition of one-third of the equity of Devon Energy Corp's five shale gas assets in the United States. The acquisition cost Sinopec nearly USD 2.44 billion. The five shale gas blocks owned by the US-based Devon are Niobrara, Mississippian, Ohio Utica Shale, the Michigan Basin and Tuscaloosa Marine Shale - Economic Times 04/28/12: Read More

 

10 FEMA Regions - Emergency Preparedness Markets - Throughout the month of May, the Regional Fire Program Specialists in the 10 FEMA regions will hold workshops on the FY 2012 AFG Program and upcoming application period.  The workshops will help potential applicants understand the purpose of the FY 2012 AFG Program, changes since FY 2011, funding priorities, award evaluation criteria, and a brief description other AFG funding opportunities.  See the AFG Workshop page on the AFG website for the schedule of workshops.  A copy of the presentation to be used at the workshops will be posted on the website in the near future FEMA 04/30/12: Read List of Grant Workshops

 

10 US States - Rural Electric Infrastructure Funding - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural electric cooperative utilities in 10 states will receive loans to install smart grid technologies and make improvements to generation and transmission facilities. The $334 million in loans announced today are provided by USDA Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service (RUS). The funding helps electric utilities upgrade, expand, maintain and replace rural America's electric infrastructure. USDA Rural Development also funds energy conservation and renewable energy projects -USDA 05/04/12: Read List of Rural Utilities Receiving Funding

 

Alaska, Eklutna - New Gas Power Plant - Matanuska Electric Association plans to build a new power generation facility near Eklutna. The plan calls for a gas fired power plant which could generate more than 170 Megawatts of electricity for the Matanuska Valley. And MEA has taken the first step. Matanuska Electric Association’s board has approved, in private in February and in public in March, a contract for engine generator units, awarding one hundred million dollars to Wartsila, a Finnish manufacturer, to supply generating equipment for MEA’s planned power plant in Eklutna. Joe Griffiths is MEA’s general manager - Alaska Public 05/02/12: Read More

 

Canada, Alberta - Transmission Infrastructure - SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, following an open and competitive process, it has been awarded a contract by AltaLink L.P. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for portions of upcoming transmission infrastructure projects in Alberta - SNC-Lavalin 05/01/12: Read More

 

Canada, British Columbia - 13 MW Biomass Power Plant - West Fraser Timber Company will generate 13 MW of power for its British Columbia plant and the province as a whole, using wood chips converted to biomass fuel. The wood products company has signed a deal with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, which will deliver a biomass heat recovery power plant, comprising two Turboden 65 HRS Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerators, to West Fraser’s Chetwynd Forest Industries plant - Enviromental Leader 05/03/12: Read More

 

Canada, Newfoundland & Labrador - Mining - Newfoundland and Labrador Helps Canada Maintain its Global Mining Superpower Status. Rich resources, skilled workforce and large investments poise province for billions in new mining growth. Newfoundland and Labrador's economy will benefit from billions in mining investment in the near term as more than $140 billion in new mining investment is expected across Canada over the next five years. This growth is largely attributed to a number of promising projects located in the province, according to the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) - AED 04/30/12: Read More

 

Canada to Nebraska - Keystone XL Pipeline - The U.S. State Department confirmed on Friday it has received a new application from TransCanada Corp. for a pipeline to run from the U.S.-Canada border to Steele City, Nebraska - BNN 05/04/12: Read More

 

CT, Simsbury - Generator - The 57 residents who attended Tuesday's annual town meeting voted to approve four capital improvement projects included in the 2012-13 town budget. Among the projects to move forward are improvements to the Owens Brook Boulevard/ West Street greenway ($358,000); the replacement of the police department's existing dispatch radio console ($185,000); the restoration of the Wolcott Pump Station ($1,378,000); and a study to determine improvements to the town's emergency generator ($74,000) - Hartford Courant 05/02/12: Read More

 

DC, Washington - National Mall Redesign Winners Announced - Before a sell-out 1,200-person crowd seated in a tent on the National Mall on Thursday, three winning plans were announced as part of a competition to redesign areas of the expansive space commonly called "America's Front Lawn." - Huffington Post 05/03/12: Read List of Winning Architects

 

DC, Washington - New School - The District's first early childhood public charter school, Eagle Academy Public Charter School, has announced the launch of its new integrated community service school, The Eagle Center. The announcement was made Monday during a ground breaking ceremony held at the new facility in Ward 8 at 3400 Wheeler Road, Southeast. The project will cost $20 million dollars with primary financing for the project from BB&T Bank - Washington Informer 05/01/12: Read More

 

FL, Fort Myers - Health Clinic - Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, the go-to medical and dental provider for the underinsured, will get more than $3.5 million in federal funds to build a 16,000-square-foot clinic in the San Carlos Park/Estero area - Fort Myers News Press 05/01/12: Read More

 

FL, Pasco County - New Health Center - The Wellness Plaza at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, 2600 Bruce B. Downs is being developed and owned by Alter+Care, a healthcare real estate company. The Wellness Plaza at Florida Hospital is a 100,000-square-foot; three-story building that includes physician office space, a 50,000 square foot Health and Wellness Center, rehabilitation center and women's center. Brasfield & Gorrie, one of the nation's largest privately held construction firms, is general contractor - The Pascoe Tribune 05/05/12: Read More

 

IL, Mt. Vernon - Generator & Infrastructure - The new city budget includes a number of capital projects and equipment, including improvements to infrastructure, parks and public services. According to City Finance Director Merle Hollmann, $20.5 million of the city’s $43 million budget for the fiscal year is in capital projects. Projects which are part of the new budget include a generator and wiring for Fleet Services - Register-News 05/02/12: Read List of Other Budget Items

 

IN, West Lafayette - Smart Wind Turbines - A team of Purdue University researchers will use a $1.6 million federal grant to advance sensor technology and computer simulation tools for tracking and improving the performance and reliability of "smart" wind turbines and wind farms - Energy Solutions 04/30/12: Read More

 

KY, Louisville - LNG Power Plant - The Kentucky Public Service Commission approved on Thursday the construction of a natural gas-fired generator at Louisville Gas & Electric's Cane Run plant in Louisville and the purchase of an existing plant in Oldham County. Kentucky Utilities customers are expected to see a 4 percent increase in rates once the new plant is in operation. The approval clears the way for LG&E to start building a $583 million plant. LG&E and KU estimated a $110 million purchase price for the 495-megawatt Bluegrass Generation plant in LaGrange - Kentucky.com 05/03/12: Read More

 

LA, Morgan City - Oil & Gas - McDermott International, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a brownfield contract to provide two new permanent living quarter modules, including the Front End Engineering Design (“FEED”), design engineering, construction, transportation and installation for BG Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. as operator of North Coast Marine Area (“NCMA”) block. The two modules comprise a 640-ton, 60-man quarters module for the Hibiscus Platform and a 915-ton, 62-man quarters module for the Poinsettia Platform. The Hibiscus module will also accommodate new electrical power generation and distribution, the design of which is being performed by the McDermott engineering office in Houston. Structural fabrication and architectural outfitting is being performed at McDermott’s fabrication yard in Morgan City, Louisiana. McDermott will also provide overall project, construction and installation management, including quality assurance/quality control and HSES supervision across all project phases. Offshore installation will be performed by McDermott’s Derrick Barge DB50 in the same time frame as the installation of BG’s NCMA 4a Hibiscus Compression Module - EPC Engineer -05/01/12: Read More

 

LA, Offshore - Oil & Gas - AMEC, the international engineering and project Management Company, has been awarded a contract from BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP) to provide Front End Engineering Design services (FEED) for the topsides facilities for the second phase of the Mad Dog field development. The new facility will be of one of the largest floating production systems to be installed in the Gulf of Mexico - AMEC 05/01/12: Read More

 

MA, Boston - Apartment Construction - The city will host a ceremonial groundbreaking this month for the first component of a multi-phase, $250,000 million redevelopment plan in Jackson Square - Boston Globe 05/03/12: Read More

 

MA, Boston - New Conference Center - Officials celebrated the groundbreaking on the $5.5 million Boston Innovation Center, another milestone for the Innovation District on South Boston’s waterfront - Boston Business Journal 05/01/12: Read More

 

MA, Fitchburg - Generator - Host of funding questions on agenda Saturday. Article 1: Appropriate $22,750 from free cash to purchase and install a generator to match an Emergency Management Performance Grant - Sentinel and Enterprise 05/04/12: Read Full Agenda

 

MA, Westfield - New School - The Planning Board this week approved the final permits allowing construction to begin by granting its approval to site plans and storm water management of the site and eventual building of a $36 million elementary school  that will house up to 600 pupils grades kindergarten through grade five - The Republican 05/03/12: Read More

 

MA, West Newbury - Generator & School Construction - $12.8M budget, other money items on agenda that include an article to tap the CPA fund for $99,500 for a new generator for the 1910 Town Office Building is also on the special warrant - Newbury Port News 04/30/12: Read About Other Budget Items

 

MI, Mt. Pleasant - Generator - Planners this week also gave their approval to plans for a new backup power generator to be located outside McLaren Central Michigan hospital. The new generator will replace a 37-year-old unit that’s located inside the hospital - The Morning Sun 05/04/12: Read More

 

MO, Fulton - Nuclear Power - Ameren Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Co. announced plans to pursue a $452 million federal subsidy to advance development of small modular reactors that could be built alongside the utility’s much larger Callaway nuclear plant near Fulton, Mo - Bangor Daily News 05/02/12: Read More

 

MO, Quincy - Generators - The city proposed to FERC that 60 500-kilowatt turbine generator units be installed at Lock and Dam 24 for 30 megawatts of generation. For Lock and Dam 25, the city proposed installing 40 500-kilowatt turbine generator units. Free Flow Power of Boston submitted applications under FFP Project 109, LLC for Lock and Dam 24 and FFP Project 110, LLC for Lock and Dam 25 - HERALD-WHIG 05/01/12: Read More

 

NC, Wilson - New Cold Storage - Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. announced a $15 million investment in two projects at its Wilson facility on Wednesday. In one project, Merck will renovate manufacturing space and in another project it will build a new cold storage facility for vaccine packaging to support the company’s growing vaccines business - Triangle Business Journal 05/02/12: Read More

 

ND, Bismarck - New Church - The Legacy United Methodist Church in Bismarck will break ground on Sunday for the church’s new building along North Washington Street, located along Durango Drive north of Horizon Middle School. The new Legacy will be 27,000 square feet and cost about $5 million - Bismarck Tribune 05/04/12: Read More

 

NE, Papillion - New Data Center - A company currently doing business in Nebraska with plans of launching a new division plans to build a $200 million data center project in Papillion. Details surrounding the company remained scarce Tuesday as the Papillion City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would rezone a 152-acre plot. The land at 114th Street and Cornhusker Road is where the 100,000-square-foot data center — code name: “Project Photon” — would be located - Omaha World Herald 05/02/12: Read More

 

NJ, Princeton - New Student Housing - Construction will begin this summer on the Lakeside graduate community, which will replace the Hibben and Magie apartments with new apartment buildings, townhomes, common areas and a parking structure that are designed to meet graduate students' needs and Princeton University's planning and sustainability goals - News at Princeton 05/02/12: Read Details

 

NJ, Upper Township - Coal/LNG Plant Conversion - The coal burning BL England power plant will convert to natural gas as part of an agreement with the state to lower its emissions. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) required the power plant’s owners, R.C. Cape May, a subsidiary of Texas-based Rockland Co., to complete the pollution control upgrades in May. The company signed a consent order to complete the upgrades when it bought the plant for $12 million from Conectiv Power in 2006.
Because of the recession, the company was able to get the upgrades postponed until this year - Shore News Today 05/04/12: Read More

 

NJ, Vineland - New Cold Storage - Townsend Farms of Fairview, Ore., a fruit packaging firm plans to buy the vacant Rennoc building for $2.1 million, renovate the facility and create dozens of local jobs, city officials said Tuesday. Townsend Farms plans $3 million to $4 million in “significant renovations” to the nearly 216,000-square-foot building. They plan to raise the roof, put in cold storage and new electrical - The Daily Journal 05/01/12: Read More

 

NY, Corning - New Student Housing - Corning Community College hosted a groundbreaking event Monday, April 30, to mark the beginning of construction of a new $16 million, student residence hall on the Spencer Hill - The Leader 05/01/12: Read More

 

OH, Bainbridge - Fire Station Expansion - Ground was officially broken April 30 for the long-awaited $2.3-million fire station expansion - Sun News 05/03/12: Read More

 

OK, Edmond - New Recreation Center - A groundbreaking ceremony for the new $22.47 Million, Edmond Recreation and Aquatics Center is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday - News OK/The Oklahoman 05/01/12: Read More

 

OK, Oklahoma City - New Schools - Over the next week, Midwest City-Del City Public Schools will break ground at two new school sites and for expansion and renovations projects in the district - The Oklahoman 05/03/12: Read More

 

OK, Pauls Valley - Generator - Realizing how much proper communication can improve coordinating response to disasters no matter one’s location, Garvin County Emergency Management Director Bud Ramming recently saw such an opportunity to join forces on a similar need in Elmore City. Enter EC Fire Chief Eddie Stewart, who just happened to have a former FEMA trailer donated by county commissioners for the purpose of creating a mobile incident command trailer and Ramming who could begin the process of conversion through grant money. The trailer itself is not quite finished yet, but if need be the 95 percent which is completed can be used right away, said Ramming. There are currently three radios with a plan to add a fourth, backup batteries for the radios, plans to add a generator for backup power as well as additions like more chairs and propane tanks for heating/air conditioning - Pauls Valley Daily Democrat 05/03/12: Read More

 

OK, Tahlequah - College Multipurpose Center - Northeastern State University is expanding, groundbreaking on a huge multipurpose center Thursday morning. The building will house 69 rooms, including six locker rooms, a video screening room, an athletics shop, offices for coaches & staff, concession areas, a ticket office and more. When complete, it will be able to seat 3,000 people - KTUL 8TV 05/03/12: Read More

 

OR, Hillsboro - ViaWest, one of the largest privately-held data center, cloud computing and managed services providers in North America, announces the expansion of its Oregon data center facility, the Hillsboro Complex. This expansion will add 23,000 sq. ft. of usable raised floor. The additional space along with the existing facility will total over 50,000 sq. ft. of sellable space, making this SSAE 16 Type II certified facility the largest in the state of Oregon - Sys-Con 05/03/12: Read More

 

NC, New Bern - New Shopping Center - Crews are building a new 550-acre shopping center in New Bern that developers say should revitalize shopping in the city. The complex will include 75 acres of retail, as well as restaurants, offices, hotels, apartments, walking trails, a theatre, and a medical center - WNCT 9TV 05/02/12: Read More

 

SC, Aiken - New Animal Shelter - Plans are officially under way. Aiken County and Friends of the Aiken County Animal Shelter have selected the architectural firm McMillan, Pazdan & Smith to design the new County animal shelter. The county signed the contract last week - Aiken Standard 04/27/12: Read More

 

SD, Flandreau - Hospital Expansion - The Avera Flandreau Hospital and Clinic are gearing up for a major three-phase expansion and renovation, scheduled for completion in 2013. The $7.6 million investment is being funded in part by a community capital campaign. Some of the physical changes will include a new clinic and outpatient area. The emergency department will shift to the west side of the building with a new emergency entrance - Moody County Enterprise 05/01/12: Read More

 

TN, Elizabethton - New Animal Shelter - Plans are still moving along on the new Elizabethton Carter County Animal Shelter and the building committee has made more decisions regarding the plans for the new shelter. The committee was informed of some changes to the interior layout of the shelter and agreed on the exterior materials for the building. They were also told of the current time frame to expect work to start on the new shelter - Elizabethton Star 05/02/12: Read More

 

TX, Baytown - Chemical Plant - The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has executed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) to proceed with front-end engineering design (FEED) for a 1.5 million metric tons per year (3.3 billion pounds per year) grassroots ethylene plant. The scope of work, which will be released in phases, follows Shaw’s previous award of a contract to license its proprietary technology and provide a process design package for the project. The plant will be located at Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Cedar Bayou Plant in Baytown, Texas - Shaw Group 04/30/12: Read More

 

TX, Corpus Christi - New Office Building - It's a big day for members and employees of Nueces Electric Cooperative.  Monday, the electric company broke ground on its new headquarters facility - KIII 3TV 04/30/12: Read More

 

TX, Longview - Chemical Plant - The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide its proprietary technology and engineering services for a new Ultra Selective Conversion® (USC) furnace for Eastman Chemical Company’s ethylene plant in Longview, TX - Shaw Group 05/03/12: Read More

 

TX, Montgomery County - New Health Clinic - Montgomery County officials are planning to bring a health care clinic to the county that will help serve a growing population of uninsured families in and around Magnolia by early 2013 - Houston Chronicle 05/01/12: Read More

 

TX, San Antonio - New College Learning Center - David Mrizek, vice president of college services, has dreamed of having a Challenger Learning Center at San Antonio College since 1994. The $12 million, renovation will include a space station simulator, gift shop, mission control room, lobbies and a 100-plus seat planetarium theater, said architect Robert Moritz, a former student of this college - The Ranger 05/04/12: Read More

 

VA, Newport News - Shipbuilding Apprentice School & Apartments - Gov. Bob McDonnell attended the groundbreaking for the $72 million Apprentice School project. Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding, said that the Apprentice School is key to the success of the shipyard, noting that many graduates go on to work in the shipyard, which builds military aircraft carriers and submarines. Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said the private sector and the government worked together to make it happen - Daily Press 05/03/12: Read More

 

WA, Fairchild Air Force Base - New Wing Command Headquarters - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a long-sought new wing command headquarters building at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane. The $13.6 building will be home to the command staff of both the 92nd Air Refueling Wing and the Washington Air National Guard 141st Air Refueling Wing. Jackson Contractor Group of Missoula, Mont., will construct the building - Seattle Times 05/01/12: Read More

 

WI, Juneau - Commercial Building Renovation - The Dodge County Clearview North Study Committee unanimously approved Maas Brothers as the construction manager for the approximately $6 million Clearview North building renovation project - Watertown Daily Times 04/30/12: Read More

 

WI, Milwaukee - New Data Center - The Potawatomi Business Development Corp. said it will begin construction Monday on its $36 million data center in Milwaukee's Concordia neighborhood. Called Data Holdings LLC, the two-story, 45,000 square-foot data center will be on an 11-acre site at the intersection of N. 33rd and W. State - Journal Sentinel 05/01/12: Read More

 

WI, Watertown - Generator & Hospital Expansion - A major expansion and renovation project at UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center this summer will be the cornerstone of a program that transforms health care in this area, John Kosanovich, president of the organization, announced today. The physical project will include $16 million for the new addition, $3.2 million for renovations and $3.3 million for electrical and generator upgrades. The electrical and generator work must be completed regardless of the project. Maas Bros. Construction of Watertown is the general contractor for the 32,500-square foot addition - Watertown Daily News 05/03/12: Read More

3.   Latin America & Caribbean

4 Latin American Countries - Infrastructure - According to a report by Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm CG/LA Infrastructure, nearly 70% of the region's investment will go into Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Brazil leads the pack with more than $60 billion in projects; Mexico is second with $28.3 billion; Peru comes in a surprising third at $24.2 billion; and Colombia is at $23.5 billion. The region is riding a 10 year growth spurt, with Peru's growth during this period averaging greater than 5% per year - Andina 04/27/12: Read About Leading Sectors

 

All Latin America - Infrastructure - Review Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mapping Results by Country - IDB 05/02/12: Read More

 

All Latin America - Power Transmission - Colombia's state-owned transmission group ISA plans to participate in six tenders for new projects across the region during the remainder of 2012, the firm revealed in its 1Q12 results presentation - Business News Americas 05/03/12: Read About Cross Border Plans

 

All Latin America - Power Transmission - Cross-border transmission projects connecting the power grids of Latin American countries remain a mid-term objective for Colombian energy holding group Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (EEB) despite its recent regional expansion, the firm's purchasing director Ivan Pinzón told BNamericas. One of the firm's largest competitors in the Colombian transmission sector, state-owned firm ISA, is currently working on a 600km transmission line connecting the Colombian and Panamanian power grids - Electric Light & Power 04/27/12: Read More

 

Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Caipipendi - Oil & Gas - BG Group today announced another key project delivery milestone for 2012 with the first phase of development at the Margarita gas field in Bolivia now on-stream. A second phase of development at the Margarita gas field was sanctioned in July 2011. Margarita Phase II, comprising the installation of a new processing train, flowlines and at least three additional development wells, will at capacity increase BG Group net production from the Margarita field to around 42 000 boepd by the end of 2014 - LNG News 05/02/12: Read More

 

Brazil - Housing - El programa de viviendas sociales Mi Casa, Mi Vida (Minha Casa, Minha Vida, en portugués) fue el principal responsable del aumento de las inversiones del gobierno brasileño, el cual ascendió al 23,5%. Las inversiones gubernamentales en este programa de viviendas en los tres primeros meses del año ascendió a US$2.701 millones, lo cual representa un aumento considerable respecto a las inversiones de US$582 millones en el mismo periodo del año anterior. A nivel global, el gobierno federal brasileño invirtió US$8.317 millones en el mismo periodo frente a US$ 6.727 millones invertidos en el mismo periodo del año anterior - Construccion Pan-Americana 30/04/12:  Lea Más en Español

 

Brazil, Alagoas - Water Distribution Canal - Northeastern Brazil's Alagoas state's infrastructure department (Seinfra) has contracted 2.4bn reais (US$1.28bn) in works to build 150km of its Sertão water distribution canal, state infrastructure secretary Marco Fireman told BNamericas. Work on the final two segments, which total 57km, has yet to begin. Stretch IV will be built by local construction company Odebrecht at a cost of 630mn reais, and stretch V by Queiroz Galvão, which has a 490mn-real contract - Business News Americas 04/27/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Maragogi - New Airport - Northeastern Brazil's Alagoas and Pernambuco states will ink an agreement by June to jointly develop a 70mn-real (US$36.6mn) airport in the coastal town of Maragogi, deputy transport minister at Alagoas' infrastructure department (Seinfra), Manoel Messias Costa, told BNamericas - Business News Americas 05/03/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Minas Gerais - Mining - Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau will invest 838mn reais (US$435mn) to nearly double iron ore output and achieve self-sufficiency by the end of 2014, CEO Andre Gerdau Johannpeter said in a conference call to discuss Q1 results. "The figure includes transport infrastructure and logistics to deliver iron ore to our steel plants in Minas Gerais state," Johannpeter said. Additionally, there is a final phase study underway to build a railway terminal, the company said in its quarterly results report - Business News Americas 05/03/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Mogi das Cruzes - Sewage System - Southeastern Brazil's São Paulo state water utility Sabesp is planning two projects worth a total 158mn reais (US$83.2mn) to improve sanitation services in the Mogi das Cruzes area. Budgeted at 38mn reais, the first to start will be construction of a sewerage system, to include five pumping stations, 58.5km of collector pipeline and 15.6km of collector trunk. Construction is scheduled to start this year - Waste Management World 04/30/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul - Infrastructure - The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$480 million loan to strengthen public investment in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Through a set of green growth-oriented initiatives, the Rio Grande do Sul Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) will support a wide array of areas including private sector development, State’s education and transport systems modernization, and environmental and disaster risk management improvements - World Bank 05/01/12: Read More

 

Haiti - 2012 Economic Growth - Haiti’s Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 7.8 percent in 2012, according to the recently-released World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund. The rate comes largely from reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake in the country in 2012 - Caribbean Journal 04/25/12: Read Summary of Other Caribbean Islands

 

Haiti, Cabaret & Caracol - 900 Houses - Jeudi 26 avril 2012, le gouvernement des États-Unis, à travers l’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID), a signé des contrats avec deux firmes. Ces contrats ont été signés pour le développement et la construction de 750 unités de logements, pouvant résister aux séismes et inondations, sur le site Ekam, à Caracol dans le Corridor de développement du Nord d’Haïti, et de 156 autres unités dans la communauté de Cabaret, située dans la région Nord de la zone métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince. L’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis, Kenneth Merten, a signé les deux contrats au nom du gouvernement américain: l’un avec la compagnie Thor Construction  pour la construction à Caracol, et l’autre avec la CEMEX pour celle de Cabaret. L’investissement combiné offert par les Etats-Unis pour ces logements dans ces deux communautés, y compris la préparation des sites et le drainage, les routes et les trottoirs, les lampadaires, les systèmes de distribution d’eau potable, dépasse un montant de 25 millions de dollars - Haiti Libre 04/27/12: Lire la Suite en Français

 

Haiti, Petit-Trou-de-Nippes - Emergency Center & High School - Laurent Lamothe, the Foreign Minister has initialed, this Tuesday, April 24, an agreement of $ 9 million with Mr. Bassim Romani, the Director for Latin America of the Kuwaiti Fund for Development. 4.5 million will go to the Emergency Centre West and the other half will be used in the construction of a high school in Petit Trou de Nippes, in the department of Nippes, and two national schools - Haiti Libre 04/25/12: Lire la Suite en Français

 

Haiti, Terrier-Rouge - Électrification - Me Thierry Mayard-Paul, Ministre de l’intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales a pris des mesures rapides pour réaliser l’électrification de la ville de Terrier-Rouge. Durant une visite dans cette commune, vendredi 20 avril. Me Mayard-Paul a immédiatement adressé les requêtes au Secrétaire d’État à l’Énergie, René Jean Jumeau et au Secrétaire d’Etat aux Travaux Public, Philippe Cinéas. La signature d’un accord avec la Compagnie Elmecen, chargée de l’exécution des travaux dans la ville, a été rendue effective le jour même. Un montant de trois millions de gourdes a déjà été débloqué pour le démarrage de ce projet Haiti Libre 04/26/12: Lire la Suite en Français

 

Jamaica, Kingston - Agriculture & Cold Storage - Jamaica’s banana industry is to benefit from a €180,000 ($20 million) grant under the European Union Banana Support Programme (EUBSP), which will be used to effect institutional strengthening within the sector. This commitment was formalised at a contract signing at the All Island Banana Growers Association’s (AIBGA) South Avenue offices in Kingston on Wednesday May 2, 2012. Outlining the provisions in a brief address, Mr. Clarke said these included: capacity building of the AIBGA’s district offices; rehabilitation of existing infrastructure; construction and installation of a new ripening facility; and recruitment of a marketing manager to implement a marketing plan for the industry - JIS 04/05/12: Read More

 

Peru, Ancash - Agriculture & Cold Storage - Ancash's governor, Cesar Alvarez said Wednesday that the Chinecas project will create over 90,000 jobs and its implementation will be a goal set 26 years ago. Alvarez noted that along with the job growth, the project will promote agricultural exports and the supply of the foreign currency will increase in the country as it is a national initiative - Andina 05/02/12: Read More

 

Peru, Huaral, Lima - Mining & Hydro Power- Canadian-based Trevali Mining Corporation announced it has received approval of its Environmental Impact Study (EIA) for the Operations Phase of the Santander zinc-lead-silver mine project in Huaral, Lima, west-central Peru. Mine commissioning is anticipated to commence at the Santander operation in mid-2012 with ramp up to full 2,000-tonnes-per-day production to follow shortly thereafter. Additionally through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Trevali Renewable Energy Inc., Trevali is undertaking a significant upgrade of its wholly-owned Tingo run-of-river hydroelectric generating facility along with transmission line upgrades and extensions - Andina 05/01/12: Read More

 

4.   Asia & Oceania

 

Asia-Pacific - Data Center Market - Equinix to Expand in Asia-Pacific; Will Acquire Data Centers from Asia Tone in Cash Deal Valued at US$230.5M. In a recent report, Frost & Sullivan found that the Asia-Pacific data center market earned revenues of more than US$2.55 billion in 2010 and estimates this to grow to US$9.25 billion in 2017. As one of fastest growing colocation markets in the world, China is the most requested market for Equinix customers looking to expand globally. Gartner estimates that China will become the second largest market in the world for data centers by 2015 - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/Business Wire 05/01/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan, Ainak - Mining - The process of digging historic relics at eight sites around the world’s largest copper mine in central Logar province is nearing completion and extraction work would be launched next year, a minister said on Monday. Discovered in 1974, the Ainak mine is estimated to contain 12 million tonnes of copper. The government has awarded a contract to a Chinese firm called MCC, which will invest $5 billion in the mine’s development - Wadsam 05/01/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan, Kabul - Infrastructure & Mining - The World Bank (WB) would provide Afghanistan $1 billion in assistance under its new three-year policy, an official said on Saturday. The WB’s policy stressed reforms in local governance in Afghanistan and strengthening the private sector to create more jobs. The policy also called for the development of Afghan mines, acknowledging the bank’s activities in Afghan provinces had been uneven and should be expanded nationwide - Pajhwok Afghan News 04/28/12: Read More

 

Australia, Curtis Island - Gas Pipeline - Australia-Pacific LNG (APLNG) has signed a $100 million deal with Nacap Australia to build a pipeline for a gas project in central Queensland - ABC 05/01/12: Read More

 

Australia, Kakadu, Northern Territory - Mining - Energy Resources Australia (ERA) says a new chapter is beginning for its uranium mine in the Top End to move from an open cut to underground operation. The first sod has been turned for a $120 million dollar exploration tunnel on the Ranger mining lease, which lies within the boundaries of Kakadu National Park - ABC 05/01/12: Read More

 

Australia, Mindarie - Mining - Approval given for zircon mining to resume. A reopening of a mineral sands mine at Mindarie in the Murray Mallee of South Australia will boost the region's economy, says the SA Government. New owner Murray Zircon has been working to rehabilitate land damaged by the previous mining operation. SA Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis says the reopening will bring jobs and opportunities for service providers - ABC 05/01/12: Read More

 

Australia, Neerabup - Power Transmission - Western Australia State funding of $400 million has been announced to begin stage one of the Mid-West energy project. The project involves the construction of a transmission line from Neerabup, north of Perth, to Eneabba in the Mid-West, a distance of 190 kilometres - ABC 05/01/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland, Bowen Basin - Mining - Leighton Contractors, through its Mining Division, has been awarded a three-year contract worth $604 million for the provision of mining services at the Peak Downs Mine in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The contract, awarded by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), extends the services provided at Peak Downs Mine and includes project management, fleet maintenance and operational services for overburden mining at the project - Leighton 05/02/12: Read More

 

Australia, Snowtown, South Australia - Wind Power - New Zealand’s TrustPower says it will proceed with the second stage of its Snowtown wind farm in South Australia, announcing the addition of 90 Siemens turbines to expand the project’s capacity to 370MW from 100MW - Recharge 05/04/12: Read More

 

Cambodia - Steel Plant & Tel-Communications - The Export-Import Bank of China has planned to invest in two mega-projects in Cambodia, the bank's vice president Zhu Xinqiang said Friday. Speaking in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, Zhu said that the bank would partner with a local TV station in order to modernize its TV system to a digital one with internet and telephone system, Eang Sophallet, spokesman for Prime Minister Hun Sen, told reporters after the meeting. Zhu said the project is estimated to cost about 235 million U.S. dollars. The other project is to build a steel plant by importing raw materials from overseas to manufacture in Cambodia and supply the finished products to local and regional markets, he said without giving the details of investment cost - CRI 05/04/12: Read More

 

China - Imports - The Chinese government on Monday called for more attention to increasing imports while stabilizing exports in order to promote more balanced and sustainable growth in foreign trade. In a clear signal to encourage imports, the State Council, China's Cabinet, said in a guideline posted on its website that China will stabilize its imports of commodities and actively increase the imports of advanced technology and equipment, key components and parts, as well as resources and raw materials. According to the guideline, China will encourage imports from the least-developed countries within multi-lateral trade rules with faster tariff cuts, and it will expand imports from developing countries - GOV.cn 05/01/12: Read More

 

China - Power Construction - China Development Bank on Friday signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the China Southern Power Grid (CSG) to raise 120 billion yuan (19.1 billion U.S. dollars) in funding by the end of 2015 to finance the grid's projects. According to the agreement, the funds will mainly support network construction and upgrades, a west-to-east electricity transmission project and the company's overseas investment - GOV.cn 05/04/12: Read More

 

China - Urban Infrastructure - Accelerating urbanization will provide a new growth engine for China-EU economic and trade relations, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday. n 2011, Sino-EU trade hit a record of $567 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18.4 percent, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. China is already well along the path of urbanization. The number of urban-dwelling residents has grown in the last three decades from 170 million to 700 million though this figure is still short of the 80 percent found in developed countries. Urbanization will boost consumption of daily consumer goods such as food, houses, cars, and lead to an increase in public services and infrastructure projects, Li said. As part of his keynote speech made at the conference, Li pointed out that China is willing to learn from the EU on "setting up green and low-carbon cities", and Chinese cities are "willing to partner cities from the EU". From 2011 to 2015, China's spending on energy-saving and environmental protection is expected to reach 5 trillion yuan ($795 billion) - China Daily 05/04/12: Read More

 

China, Chongqing - Convenience Stores - Major Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. will build 300 new stores in southwest China's Chongqing municipality over the next three years, a company spokesman said Thursday - CRI 05/04/12: Read More

 

China, Jiangsu province - Nuclear Reactors - "We've already started preparation for continuous cooperation in the Tianwan Nuclear Station and, hopefully, will start the work in the second half of this year," Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Sergeevich Razov said recently. Russia is going to build two more reactors in Tianwan once China lifts its suspension of new nuclear power plants imposed after the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan last year - Xinua Net 04/28/12: Read More

 

China, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province - Ship Building - A shipyard operated by Sinotrans & CSC Holdings Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build a replica of the Titanic, the shipyard confirmed Wednesday. "The agreement to build the Titanic II was signed on April 20, but details about its budget and design have yet to be decided. A construction contract has not been signed, either," said Li Wenbao, an official with the state-owned Jinling shipyard. The news was first announced by Palmer on Monday. It has been reported that the ship's maiden voyage is scheduled for late 2016, taking the ship from England to New York in accordance with the original ship's planned route - GOV.cn 05/02/12: Read More

 

China Offshore - Oil & Gas - Siemens to supply electrical solutions for offshore drilling rigs in China. The shipyards Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd., CMHI/Shenzhen as well as Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China have awarded Siemens Energy a total of three orders for electrical power supply packages for offshore drilling rigs. These packages, which include BlueDrive Drilling, are destined for semi-submersible and jack-up rigs for international players such as COSL Drilling Europe, Prospector Offshore Drilling, and Falcon Energy. The power supply packages Siemens is to deliver for installation at a total of 5 drilling rigs comprise medium- and low-voltage switchgear, transformers, medium-voltage thruster drives, motors and BlueDrive drilling drives as well as commissioning and project management. For the first time, Siemens is delivering electrical solutions for drilling rigs to the Chinese shipyards CMHI/Shenzhen and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard - Siemens 05/02/12: Read More

 

China, South China Sea - Oil & Gas - CNOOC sees a "bright future" for South China Sea exploration and development, despite the significant challenges faced in exploration and production. Xiaojian Jin, general manager of engineering and construction and CNOOC, outlined the challenges in South China Sea activity at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on Tuesday - Rig Zone 05/01/12: Read More

 

India, Tamil Nadu, Annur - New Cold Storage - Agriculture Minister S. Damodaran has said that Annur would soon be a taluk and that the State Government was taking efforts in that direction. At a similar function that was organised in Kinathukadavu, the Minister said that a cold storage facility to store tomatoes will be established there - The Hindu 05/02/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Bandung, West Java - 2 New Hotels - State-owned postal firm PT Pos Indonesia has announced that it will spend Rp 70 billion to build two hotels in Bandung, West Java - The Jakarta Post 05/02/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Majalengka,West Java - New Airport - State owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I (AP I) will construct the Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka,West Java at a projected cost of Rp 8.29 trillion (US$903.61 million) - The Jakarta Post 05/04/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Sumatra & Kalimantan - New Flour Mill & Noodle Factory - Top local food maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur (INDF) says it has earmarked Rp 6.4 trillion (US$697.6 million) for capital expenditure (capex) to increase capacity this year. Indofood will use the funds to acquire 20,000 hectares in Sumatra and Kalimantan for plantations to produce cooking oil and margarine, and to build a new flour mill and noodle factory, Indofood director Thomas Tjhie said on Thursday - The Jakarta Post 05/04/12: Read More

 

Japan, Tokyo - Power Short Fall Projected - A government panel scrutinizing power utilities' summer supply-demand forecasts on Wednesday upgraded the projected usage cuts for Kansai Electric Power Co. customers, still leaving an estimated 15% shortfall in the firm's power supply this August - Nikkei 05/03/12: Read More

 

Kazakhstan, Almaty Oblast - Road Project - Today, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$ 1,068 million loan to Kazakhstan for the East-West Roads Project. The objective of the project is to increase transport efficiency along the Western Europe-Western China Road Corridor within Almaty Oblast - World Bank 05/01/12: Read More

 

Kazakhstan, Northern Area - Dysprosium Plant - Japan will jointly develop rare earths with Kazakhstan as part of its efforts to secure supplies of the key minerals now controlled by China, according to a newspaper. Under the plan, Japan and Kazakhstan will jointly build a plant in northern Kazakhstan to produce dysprosium, a rare earth used to make motors of electric and hybrid vehicles as well as other electronic products - News on Japan 04/29/12: Read More

 

Kiribati, South Tarawa - Water and Sanitation - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda and Kiribati Finance Minister Tom Murdoch have signed grant and loan agreements totaling $21.5 million for the South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project. ADB is providing a loan of $7.6 million from the Asian Development Fund (ADF) while the Government of Australia is providing $14.0 million in grant cofinancing for the Project - ADB 05/03/12: Read More

 

Malaysia, Offshore Sabah - Oil & Gas - Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Murphy Sabah Oil for the delivery of a subsea production system for the Siakap North - Petai deepwater development. Contract value is undisclosed - Aker Solutions 05/02/12: Read More

 

Micronesia - Wastewater Lift Stations - To improve its wastewater collection transmission and conveyance system, Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is renovating and upgrading two lift stations, CUC Deputy Executive Director Alan W. Fletcher said. The $1.7 million project, which is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, involves lift stations S2 and S8, which include the wet well and valve vault, he added - Marianas Variety 05/04/12: Read More

 

Pakistan - Power Shortfall - The electricity shortfall in the country on Tuesday decreased to 4,100 MW from 4,700 MW as the total power generation was recorded as 11,158 MW against the demand of 15,258 MW during the last 24 hours - Business Recorder 05/01/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Karachi - Infrastructure - The Administrator of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Muhammad Hussain Syed, has said many countries and investors have expressed interest in development works in Karachi. "And we expect launching of new mega projects very soon in the city", he further remarked, says a KMC statement issued here on Tuesday. It said that the Administrator KMC stated this in his meeting with various government officials, business community and industrialists during the annual investment conference being held in Dubai. The three-day conference which began on Tuesday, is being attended by over 4,000 delegates from 45 countries around the world - Business Recorder 05/01/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Kalinga - Irrigation System - The World Bank recently granted a P430M loan to the Philippine government for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Chico River Irrigation System (CRIS) in Kalinga. Raymond Apil, Chief of Kalinga-Ifugao-Mt. Province Division of the National Irrigation Adminstration (NIA) based here, said the project is now out for bidding at NIA head office, Manila so that work could start this year. According to Apil, the project has two major components, which includes rehabilitation of the main diversion dam and its lateral canals in Tabuk area under Phase 1 and improvement of irrigation facility in Quezon, Isabela under Phase 2 - PIA 05/04/12: Read More

 

South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) - Infrastructure - The Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) largest financing initiative, the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), is set to commence operations following its Board’s first meeting on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 45th Annual Meeting. The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund will finance the development of road, rail, power, water and other critical infrastructure needs, which are estimated at about $60 billion a year. The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund will finance approximately six projects a year, with a $75 million lending cap per project. Criteria for investments include their potential to cut poverty, increase trade and bolster investment - ADB 05/03/12: Read More

 

Thailand - Power Plant Expansion - Thailand's power reserves remain sufficient though demand has been on the rise, leading to 7 new peaks so far this year, according to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand governor Sutat Patmasiriwat. Under the power development plan (2012-2019), new power supply totalling 3,883.7MW will enter the system. This will be generated by the fourth generator at Wang Noi Power Plant (768.7MW); the second generator at Chana Power Plant (782.2MW); the second generator of North Bangkok Power Plant (800MW); the first generator of its clean coal-fired power plant (800MW); and 732.8MW from renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydropower and biomass - The Nation 05/03/12: Read More

 

Timor-Leste, Dili - Road Network - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda and Timor-Leste’s Finance Minister Emilia Pires have signed the country’s first loans with the multilateral lender to fund the Road Network Upgrading Project, which will rehabilitate sections of roads from Dili to Liquica and Tibar to Gleno. The $40 million loans will also prepare detailed designs for upgrading the Manatuto to Natabora road, to provide a reliable road between the north and south of the country - ADB 05/03/12: Read More

 

5.   Europe

 

Hungary, Budapest - Data Center - Budapest will host the new data-processing center of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, from 2013. The facility will be established in the outskirts of Hungary’s capital and is set to have bigger broadband capacity than the rest of Hungary combined. MTA WIGNER FK, the physics research center at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, edged out 30 applicants, mainly multinational firms, to win the tender for the 40-billion-forint ($185 million) investment - The Wall Street Journal Europe 05/04/12: Read More

 

Hungary, Budapest - Infrastructure, Telecommunications & Transportation - China and Hungary signed a series of investment and cooperative agreements on Tuesday. Huawei Technologies, a leading information and communication technology solutions provider, agreed to set up a logistics center in Hungary. Also on Tuesday, ZTE Corporation signed an agreement with the Hungarian government to set up an operating maintenance center in Hungary that would target consumers across Europe. China Civil Engineering Construction Corp signed a memorandum worth $1 billion on building a 20-kilometer rail express linking the airport to the downtown Budapest - China Daily 05/02/12: Read More

 

Iceland - Hotel Resort - Huang Nubo a Chinese tycoon has signed a deal to lease land in a remote corner of northeast Iceland, state radio reported on Wednesday, six months after his attempt to buy the property outright was rejected by the government. RUV said Huang Nubo had agreed with municipalities in the area to lease 70 percent of a 300-square-kilometre farm for 40 years, quoting a deal reached between the parties. Huang, who is chairman of Beijing-based Zhongkun Investment Group and was 161st on the Forbes list of the richest Chinese in 2010, has said he plans on building up tourism infrastructure in a sparsely populated part of Iceland - China Daily 05/04/12: Read More

 

Netherlands - Oil & Gas - Halliburton has signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Gazprom International for the development and implementation of new oil and gas technologies in global exploration and production project - EPC Engineer 05/02/12: Read More

 

Norway, Offshore - Oil & Gas - Kvaerner ASA has today announced its intent to use Aker Solutions as a sub-contractor for its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the topside for the Edvard Grieg platform (formerly Luno). The field is operated by the Swedish oil and gas exploration and production company Lundin - Aker Solutions 05/03/12: Read More

 

Russia - Rental - The Russian rental market grew by almost 35% in 2011 to reach an estimated value of €700 million and could triple in size by 2015, according to the Russian rental consultancy and training organisation RusRental. In its new market report RusRental said the Russian rental market will grow at a far faster rate than other sectors of the Russian economy such as mining, construction and utilities. The €2.1 billion forecast for 2015 would be equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32% - KHL/International Rental 04/27/12: Read More

 

Russia, Primorye - Power Plant - Russian power company, OAO RAO Energy System of the East, may get a discounted loan from China to build a 370-megawatt power station in the Primorye region in eastern Russia, Moscow-based newspaper Vedomosti reported. Chinese banks might finance at least 70 percent of the project, which is estimated to cost from $800 million to $900 million. As part of the potential deal, the Russian power producer would need to buy Chinese equipment for the station and hire a Chinese contractor to build it, the newspaper said - China Daily 05/04/12: Read More

 

Russia, Vladivostok to Japan - Gas Pipeline & LNG Plant - Russia and Japan are in talks to build a gas pipeline from Russia to expand gas supplies to the Far Eastern country, Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday. "The parties have discussed prospects of increase of natural gas supplies from Russia to Japan in terms of higher liquefied natural gas production at the Sakhalin Island and implementation of an LNG plant construction project in Vladivostok," Gazprom said following a meeting between the company's export head Alexander Medvedev and Japan's former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara - News on Japan 05/04/12: Read More

 

Russia, Taishet - Communications, Energy & Aluminum Plant - China and Russia have signed commercial contracts worth a total of US$15 billion at a trade and investment forum in Moscow during a visit by Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to become premier early next year. One of the deals signed reportedly involves a $1 billion agreement between Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element with China's state-owned North Industries Corporation (Norinco) for construction of a rolling mill in Russia for metal production for the purpose of increasing Russian aluminum exports to China - Asia Times 05/03/12: Read More

 

Sweden, Stockholm - Bus Depot - Skanska has signed an agreement with the Greater Stockholm Public Transport Company Limited, SL, to build a new bus depot in Stockholm. The contract amount is SEK 1.25 billion, which is included in order bookings for the second quarter of 2012 - Skanska 05/02/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Anglesey, North Wales & Gloucestershire, England - Nuclear Power - State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation one of China’s state-backed nuclear companies is in talks to invest more than $10 billion (£6 billion) in Britain’s new nuclear reactors - Express 04/29/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, Birmingham - Hotel Restoration - Horton’s Estates, the owners of what was once Birmingham’s most iconic hotel have gained planning permission for a £30 million scheme to restore the building to its former glory. The professional team on the refurbishment includes project manager Trebor Developments, planning consultants Drivers Jonas Deloitte and facade engineers Arup - Birmingham Post 05/02/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, London - New Stadium - Chelsea Football Club today launched a takeover bid for Battersea Power Station. The Premier League team wants to build a “world class” 60,000-seater stadium “with a unique architectural backdrop” by the Thames - London Evening Standard 05/04/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, England, Redcar - Coal Injection Plant - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies To Construct Pulverized Coal Injection Plant For The Sahaviriya Steel Industries Blast Furnace In Redcar - EPC Engineer 05/02/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Lancashire - New Cold Storage - Work is due to begin next month on a £20m 'super hub' at the headquarters of cold food storage and distribution firm Yearsley Group, which will create up to 150 jobs. Russells Construction, based in Trafford Park, has been appointed to carry out the works - Manchester Evening News 05/04/12: Read More

 

6.   Middle East & Africa

 

Africa - Infrastructure in Frontier Markets - Over the past decade, an increasing number of investors have discovered the potential of investing in the smaller and less developed “frontier markets,” many of which have been developing rapidly into excellent growth opportunities. Although many of the greatest investment opportunities of the next decade will likely emerge from the frontier, these markets are often characterized by limited research coverage and low liquidity. However, investing in frontier markets offers a good deal of potential for investors who hope to increase their exposure to developing nations, including the majority of the African continent - Africa.com Blog 05/03/12: Read More

 

Iraq - Electrical Power - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $16 million from Mass Global Investment Company for the construction of a substation and SVC Light® (static var compensator) system that will supply electricity to a new melt shop and steel rolling mill in northern Iraq. The order was received in the first quarter - ABB 04/30/12: Read More

 

Iraq - Rental Housing - The Iraqi government has decided to increase its housing fund allocations to 245bn IQD ($210m) for the implementation of the largest number of projects for rented accommodation. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Construction and Housing Istabrak al-Shawq said: "The housing projects focus on Iraq's ability to implement important development projects, especially after 95bn IQD ($81m) and 150bn IQD ($128m) were added at the request of the Ministry of Construction and Housing." - AK News 05/05/12: Read More

 

Iraq, Garmiyan - 2,000 donums of land has been allocated by Garmiyan authorities for the construction of a number of factories between Kalar city and Girdagozina town - AK News 05/02/12: Read More

 

Nigeria, Plateau - Generator & Media - The Plateau State Government has approved the injection of N2 billion into its two media houses to enable the duo expand so as to meet to modern challenges, Information Commissioner Abraham Yiljap, has said. Yiljap told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday that N1.5 billion was being sunk into the Plateau Radio Television Corporation (PRTVC), while the ailing Nigeria Standard newspapers would get N500 million. Part of the money would also go into the procurement of three Hilux vehicles, one Toyota Corolla vehicle and one 500KVA Mikano generator - Leadership 05/02/12: Read More

 

Qatar, Doha - Port & Stadium - Chinese construction equipment manufacturer Sany and state-owned contractor China Communications Construction (CCC) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop the Port of Doha and the 2022 World Cup soccer stadium in Qatar - KHL/International Construction 04/30/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Hamriyah - Oil & Gas - Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, is pleased to announce that it has received a US$ 227 million new contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup rig. Fabrication will take place at Lamprell’s Hamriyah yard - Lamprell 05/01/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Offshore - Underwater Hotels - The shipbuilding arm of Dubai World has announced plans to build a series of underwater hotels in the emirate. In a statement released on Wednesday, Drydocks World said it has signed an agreement with a Swiss contractor to develop the World Discus Hotel, which is partly submerged under the sea - Arabian Business 05/02/12: Read More --- Click Here for Project Presentation

 

United Arab Emirates, Ras Al-Khaimah - New Cold Storage - In a step that reinforces Turkey’s commitment to boost its trade relations with Ras Al Khaimah, the Turkish Minister of Economy Zafer Çaglayan, led a high-level trade visit to Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The discussions covered a wide range of topics, including a new liaison office for Turkey at the free zone, a permanent exhibition area for Turkish brands within the free zone, a common warehousing and cold storage facility inside the free zone for Turkish clients, and a logistic hub for Turkish clients - Trade Arabia 05/02/12: Read More

 

West African Countries - Bio-Fuel Market - BNDES will support R $ 6.5 million to conduct a study to assess the technical viability of biofuel production in member countries of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA). The work will be conducted by the consortium MMSO-BAIN - Bain formed by Brazil LTDA. and Machado, Meyer, and Sendacz Opice Lawyers - who was selected by public call made ​​by BNDES in 2011. resources, non-refundable, are from the Project Structuring Fund (FEP BNDES) and will enable a survey across the territory of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger and Togo, including environmental conditions, social, market, infrastructure, the regulatory framework and tax structure, among others, that may impact the viability and sustainability of production bioenergy. The analysis will take into account also the results of studies running or already carried out in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, covering thus the total territory of the eight members of UEMOA - BNDES 05/03/12:  Leia mais em Português

 

Yeman - Infrastructure - A $65 million project designed to generate much-needed employment in Yemen and provide urgently needed services in sparsely populated rural settlements and poor urban communities, was approved by the Board of Directors of the World Bank today. The Yemen Labor Intensive Public Works Project (LIPWP), the fourth in a series of similar endeavors, is designed for both maximum impact and inclusion. It will cover all Yemen’s twenty-one governorates, and aims to create jobs (estimated at 120,000 person-month) and high-value public infrastructure assets for the poor - World Bank 05/01/12: Read More

 

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Bio-Fuel Markets - Government incentives and fuel demand are to boost bioethanol and biodiesel markets, according to a report by energy intelligence company GlobalData. This report finds that countries in Europe, Asia and North America show heavy involvement in biofuel production, displaying a global interest in the industry - ESI-Africa 04/24/12: Read More

 

Green House Geothermal Market - The position of gas generators in glasshouse horticulture is regularly discussed. Dutch horticulture is really looking for an alternative to boilers and gas fired motors. More and more horticulturists are interested in the possibilities of geothermal heat as a primary source of heat - Fresh Plaza 04/25/12: Read More

 

2.  North America

 

7 US States - Rural Electric Co-op Market - EnergyBiz sat down with seven electric cooperative senior executives at a recent meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association to discuss their major challenges. Concerns included the distraction if not the disruptive effect of regulation, the effect of the economy on load growth and the effect of state requirements for the use of renewable energy to generate electricity. Attracting high-quality employees presents a challenge for a small co-op. A bright spot? The smart grid - EnergyBiz Magazine 04/24/12: Read Comments

 

All United States - Defense Markets - Review Defense Dept. Contracts for April 25, 2012 - Huntington News 04/26/12: Read List of Awards

 

All United States - Export to Africa Market - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today announced a three-year renewal of the Bank's Short-Term Africa Initiative (STAI) that provides export-credit insurance for U.S. exporters selling to 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, up to a program limit of $100 million. The initiative is renewed through March 31, 2015. The Bank also anticipates expanding the availability of its export financing in three sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Ex-Im Bank's board of directors is expected to authorize cover-policy expansions for each respective country in May - ExIm Bank 04/27/12: Read More

 

All United States - Residential Home Market - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Eye on the Economy reports: Starts and Sales Up Year Over Year, Inventories Continue Decline - NAHB/David Crowe 04/26/12: Read More

 

AL, DeKalb County - The DeKalb County Board of Education approved a nearly $12 million bid to build a new elementary school in Crossville. The bid for $11.9 million was awarded to Clements Dean Building Co. from Wilsonville - Times Journal 04/27/12: Read More

 

AL, Fultondale - “I have applied for two underground shelters, one at the main fire station and the new fire station down Walker Chapel Road,” explained City of Fultondale Building Official Darryl Aldrich . “It is through FEMA and there is money available. Brookside has one that will hold 400 people. It has a generator backup system, heat and air, and totally underground. If you went out there and looked for it, you wouldn’t know it was there.” Warrior and Kimberly have also applied for funds from the same program. The grant is for $1.4 million, and so far the feedback has been positive from federal officials - North Jefferson News 04/27/12: Read More

 

AL, Gardendale - Work will begin soon on a new location for the Gardendale Police Department and home for other city services. The Gardendale City Council approved a bid and authorized a contract with Murray Building Company, Inc. to renovate the former Food World location at 1309 Decatur Highway. The winning bid was $2,696,500 - North Jefferson News 04/24/12: Read More

 

AL, Hackleburg - Alabama Governor Robert Bentley will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wrangler Jeans plant in Hackleburg Thursday. The plant was destroyed when an EF5 tornado ripped through the town on April 27th, 2011. VF Corporation, the company that owns it, announced it would rebuild the plant - WAFF 48TV 04/26/12: Read More

 

AL, Huntsville - The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library needs a new heating and cooling system, along with a new generator, which together would cost about $350,000 Library director Laurel Best said - The Huntsville Times 04/26/12: Read More

 

AL, Mobile - Anticipating higher enrollments in the next two years, an executive committee of the University of South Alabama board of trustees on Wednesday approved construction of a new dormitory. The board gave the construction contract to W.G. Yates and Sons Inc., which had the low bid at $14.1 million - Press-Register 04/26/12: Read More

 

AL, Pratt City - From devastation to destiny, that's the slogan for Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Pratt City. Pastor Tommy Lewis says it was April 22nd 1990 when the church dedicated the facility that was blown away on April 27th, 2011. 22 years later the congregation returns to break ground yet again. Birmingham Mayor William Bell thanked the congregation for helping so many others after the storm - CBS 42TV 04/22/12: Read More

 

CA, Carpinteria - Dahlia Court II, a 33-unit new affordable apartment complex, is being constructed adjacent to the existing 54-unit Dahlia Court Apartments in Carpinteria. Peoples’ Self-Help Housing is the general partner and nonprofit developer of the addition which will consist of four two-story buildings - Santa Barbara Independent 04/23/12: Read More

 

CA, Imperial County - Fuji Electric Co., a leading supplier of turbine-generator equipment to the power-generation industry, announced Thursday its investment of $10 million in the development of a geothermal plant in Imperial Valley owned and operated by EnergySource LLC, an independent renewable energy generation company that develops utility scale geothermal power plants, according to a press release from the company based in Japan - Imperial Valley Press 04/27/12: Read More

 

CA, Muscoy - With April 20’s official groundbreaking, construction for Baker Family Learning Center in Muscoy community is now underway. Local, county, and state dignitaries dawned hardhats and shovels to symbolically turn dirt on this new project that will result in a new branch library and preschool center for the residents - The Press-Enterprise 04/27/12: Read More  --- Access: Hamel Contracting, Inc $3 Million, Current Project Plans and Job Details

 

CA, Shasta County - Construction on Shasta County's long-awaited new juvenile hall will start up after a groundbreaking at 2 p.m. today. Of its $18.45 million price tag, the county is contributing about $3.4 million to the cost of the facility. The bulk of the backing for the new facility comes from a state grant. Supervisors awarded the $14.7 million construction contract for the facility to El Dorado Hills-based Roebbelen Contracting Inc - The Record Searchlight/Redding 04/23/12: Read More

 

Canada, AB, Edmonton - Work will finally start again on a high-profile residential project near the Century Park LRT station. ProCura Real Estate Services says it’s ready to restart construction on a 21-storey tower this summer. But the rest of the 17-hectare site is getting a redesign - Vancouver Sun 04/23/12: Read More

 

Canada, BC, Vancouver - Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver, B.C. will feature a tilt-up mass timber system that utilizes cross laminated timber. A new generation of high-rise commercial and institutional wood buildings are planned for B.C. in the next couple of years - Journal of Commerce 04/25/12: Read More

 

CT, Ridgefield - The capital budget approved by the board includes $750,000 in school expenditures — mostly computer related — and $630,000 for town building projects, including $470,000 for the Venus building roof and $150,000 for a bigger generator that would allow the Recreation Center to be the town’s primary emergency shelter. There is also $235,000 for a new dispatching set-up at the police department - Ridgefield Press/Acorn Online 04/25/12: Read More

 

FL, Boca Raton - The Boca Raton Housing Authority plans to put in a generator at the Banyan Place affordable senior housing complex on Northwest Fifth Avenue - Sun Sentinel 04/25/12: Read More

 

FL, Holmes County - Commissioner Kenneth Williams informed the Board that they had applied for a grant towards a generator for the Court House. “It’s a big enough generator to provide for the entire Court House no problem,” said Williams. “The match is between $2,000 and $4,000 for a $29,000 generator with the possibility for an In-Kind match for labor. We needed to apply for the grant that day, so it seemed like a no-brainer.” - Chipley Paper/Holmes County Times Advertiser 04/25/12: Read More

 

FL, Orlando - Leaders from Orlando Regional Medical Center and the community gathered on the ninth floor of the hospital’s parking structure Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the center’s $300 million renovation. The makeover will add a 10-story patient tower, increase the size of the Emergency Department, and enhance cardiovascular, surgical, critical care, pharmacy and laboratory areas, hospital officials said - Orlando Sentinel 04/27/12: Read More

 

GA, Columbia County - The Columbia County school board approved an about $15.2 million bid Tuesday to build a new Columbia Middle School. McDonald Construction, based in Vidalia, Ga., won the bid and likely will start construction once site work concludes - The Columbia News Times/Augusta 04/24/12: Read More

 

HI, Maui - A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for the 21-megawatt Auwahi Wind farm now under construction in Ulupalakua on Maui. Officials with Sempra US Gas & Power say construction will create about 150 construction jobs, with five positions to remain in place for the operation of the facility - Maui Now 04/27/12: Read More

 

IA, Council Bluffs - Internet giant Google will begin construction on a new $300 million data center on a 1,000-acre site south of Council Bluffs in Iowa. The center will bring about 50 new jobs to the city across the Missouri River from Omaha, Neb - Sci-Tech Today 04/26/12: Read More

 

IL, Knox County - The Knox County Landfill will soon know whether an experimental project can convert trash into renewable energy. The Knox County Board earlier this week gave the landfill a unanimous green light to have William Charles Energy conduct the $76,000 pilot project, which will have two gas-capturing wells placed within the landfill for at least two months. The project will determine how much methane gas the landfill produces. If the landfill's trash emits at least 500 cubic feet of methane per minute, the landfill could have a fully operational generator on site by January - Journal Star 04/27/12: Read More

 

IL, Olney - Two large budgeted capital expenses City Treasurer Chuck Sanders noted to account for the smaller projected surplus were $80,000 for a generator and $218,000 for a flusher/vac truck- Olney Daily Mail 04/26/12: Review Other Budget Projects

 

KS, Overland Park - Johnson County Community College will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Hospitality & Culinary Academy at 1 p.m. May 22. The $12-million, free-standing facility will accommodate the 700 students enrolled in the college’s nationally recognized hospitality management program - Gardner Edge 04/24/12: Read More

 

LA, Alexandria - The Alexandria City Council approved the contract to construct a fire station on Coliseum Boulevard/La. Highway 28 West. Tudor Construction Co. won the right to build the station with a low bid of $2.1795 million - The Town Talk: Read about other Council action

 

LA, Hackberry - Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner's engineer contract for a new LNG liquefaction project to be located in Hackberry, Louisiana, by Cameron LNG LLC, an affiliate of Sempra Energy, planned to export up to 12 million tons per annum of LNG - EPC Engineering 04/27/12: Read More

 

MA, Boston - Officials recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the new East Boston branch of the Boston Public Library, a $17.4M project overlooking Bremen Street Park - Banker and Tradesman 04/26/12: Read More

 

MA, West Newbury - On Monday, voters at the Annual Town Meeting will be asked to tap more of the remaining $1.8 million in the CPA account, with warrant requests seeking $745,000 to offset costs of the Page School renovation project and $99,500 for a new generator for the 1910 Town Office Building - Daily News/Newbury Port News 04/27/12: Read More

 

MD, Baltimore - Baltimore City and school officials are planning to hold a public groundbreaking ceremony May 7 for the $26.5 million Baltimore Design School project on the city’s north side. Seawall Development Corp. is redeveloping the former Lebow Bros. Clothing Co. building, which is expected to provide 113,787 square feet of space for the BDS when it’s completed next March - Baltimore Business Journal 04/27/12: Read More

 

MI, Detroit - Three vacant buildings bordering Capitol Park in downtown Detroit will be redeveloped as residential, retail and office space in coming years, according to Karp and Associates, which won a competitive bidding process to adaptively re-use the historically-significant structures. The entire project is expected to cost around $85 million - Detroit Business News/MLive 04/27/12: Read More

 

MI, Fowlerville Village - The Fowlerville Village Council will consider a resolution to approve the 2013-2016 fiscal-year grants and the purchase of a new sign for Community Park. In addition, it will discuss the purchase of a generator at the well house, a request from the Downtown Development Authority to quote a fixed price for seasonal services and Village Manager Joe Merucci's 2011-2012 goals review - Livingston Daily 04/22/12: Read More

 

MI, Pontiac - The Oakland County Board of Commissioners last week approved resolutions that help pave the way for part of the former General Motors Fiero assembly plant to be converted to a biomass plant. Traxys Power Group Inc. received approval for $28 million in financing from the Oakland County Economic Development Corp. to help purchase and convert a DTE Energy Co. power station and nearby land on Baldwin Road in Pontiac - Crain's Detroit Business 04/22/12: Read More

 

MN, Winona - Construction on Southeast Technical College’s addition will begin next month after bids came in this week below estimate. The college accepted the low bid of $2.38 million from Market & Johnson Inc. of La Crosse, Wis. The college had estimated the project to cost about 3 percent more, at $2.45 million - Winona Daily News 04/28/12: Read More

 

MO, Springfield - The executive committee of the Missouri State Board of Governors on Tuesday approved the low bid of $6.8 million from DeWitt & Associates Inc., of Springfield, for phase two of renovating the 121,000-square-foot structure at 405 N. Jefferson Ave. in downtown Springfield. The building will be transformed into the Robert W. Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and will be part of Missouri State University’s overall downtown plan for the IDEA Commons. IDEA stands for innovation, design, entrepreneurship and arts - News-Leader 04/27/12: Read More

 

MS, Biloxi - Golden Nugget has big plans for The Isle casino resort in Biloxi it recently purchased. A proposed expansion and improvement project received an initial go ahead on Wednesday from the city's development review committee. The Biloxi Development Review Committee is the first hurdle to clear before the $150 million plan can move forward. Committee members gave preliminary approval - WDAM 7TV 04/25/12: Read More

 

NC, Charlotte - Data center service provider Peak 10 is expanding its Charlotte operations to the University Research Park with a new 62,000 square foot facility near UNC-Charlotte.  Phase 1, which will include Peak 10’s Charlotte 4 data center, is underway and will feature 14,000 square feet of premier raised floor space. Subsequent phases will be completed as the customer base expands - Data Center Knowledge 04/26/12: Read More

 

NE, North Platte - Work to expand Great Plains Regional Medical Center could begin by next spring. The plan is to build an $85 million, five-story, 220,000-square foot tower where the atrium is to give the hospital more space and bring it up to speed with industry expectations - NP Telegraph 04/26/12: Read More

 

NH, Hampton - The school year won't end until June, but already Winnacunnet High School officials are projecting a $645,000 surplus in its operating budget. SAU 21 Business Manager Bill Hickey told the board that administrators may soon propose purchasing a generator if the school system receives a grant. Even with that project, Hickey estimated, the district will still end up with a $400,000 surplus that could go back to the communities to offset taxes - Seacoast Online 04/22/12: Read More

 

NJ, Port Reading - Hess Corp. will spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls as part of a settlement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at its Port Reading, N.J., refinery, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday - EPC Engineer 04/25/12: Read More

 

NY, Albany - Jersen Construction Group in Waterford, New York, is the apparent low bidder to build a new data center at the University at Albany. Jersen bid $23.84 million to do the work, according to bids opened April 25 by the State University Construction Fund. The next lowest bid, $24.38 million, was submitted by MLB Construction Services in Malta - The Business Review 04/26/12: Read More   

 

NY, Binghamton - Binghamton University’s Downtown Center is still closed as renovations continue, nearly eight months after last fall’s flood damaged the central electrical system in the basement of the building. Key equipment including the electrical transformer and the emergency generator will no longer be located in the basement but will be housed in enclosed structures outside of the building. Other important equipment will be installed in racks above the floor in the basement. The estimated cost for cleanup and reconstruction is $4 million, according to Karen Fennie, spokeswoman for Physical Facilities. “We’re not at a point where equipment is being installed, but it has all been ordered and the delivery dates are confirmed,” Fennie said - BU Pipe Dream 04/27/12: Read More

 

NY, Massena - Massena Memorial Hospital officials said bids for a $3.9 million medical office building on Maple Street have come in under budget. The low bidder for general construction was Northern Tier Contracting Inc., Gouverneur, at $2,204,100. The low bidder for heating, ventilation and air conditioning was Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors Inc., Watertown, at $367,605. Collins-Hammond, Ogdensburg, submitted a low bid of $11,941 for electrical work, and Burns Brothers Contractors Inc., Potsdam, submitted a $154,900 low bid for plumbing - Watertown Daily News 04/25/12: Read More

 

NY, Rochester - The city of Rochester is inviting residents for a groundbreaking ceremony at the Granite State Business Park, as the city moves forward with expansion of the park. The expansion of the industrial park will make it possible for the new advanced manufacturing plant, a colocation of Safran and Albany Engineered Composites, to move to the currently inaccessible land. Using a multimillion-dollar bond that will be paid off through tax revenue from the new plant, the city is constructing a new road from Airport Drive and across the railroad tracks via a bridge, ending in a cul-de-sac off which the new plant will have access - Fosters Daily Democrat 04/25/12: Read More

 

OH, Canton - Officials of The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) were joined today by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Rob Portman, Rep. Jim Renacci, Rep. Bob Gibbs, state Rep. William Batchelder and other state and local political leaders to mark the start of work on a $225 million expansion of the Faircrest Steel Plant in Stark County, Ohio - Dayton Business Journal 04/23/12: Read More

 

OH, Cleveland - Cleveland Municipal Airport Authority members selected a Chattanooga contractor to construct the terminal building for the Cleveland Regional Jetport. J&J Construction of Chattanooga was selected from seven competitive bids. Airport Authority Vice Chair Lou Patten said the total bid was $2.412 million. The job was divided into three categories: site preparation and security are funded through grants. The terminal building, which came in at slightly less than $1.9 million, is partially funded through grants - Cleveland Daily Banner 04/23/12: Read More

 

OH, Zanesville - Governor John Kasich along with JobsOhio General Manager David Mustine and Halliburton Senior Vice President for the Southern Region will join local officials as Halliburton breaks ground on its new southern Ohio site. Halliburton recently purchased 174 acres of land at the Eastpointe Business Park for development. The land will be used to build an operations hub that supports customers in the Utica Shale development - WHIZ News 04/24/12: Read More

 

OK, Shawnee - Oklahoma Baptist University is embarking on a new construction project critical to OBU’s continued success as a nationally recognized leader in Christian liberal arts education. When completed, the proposed housing complex will include six large apartment buildings, one small apartment building and a centrally located clubhouse building attached to another large apartment building. The total complex will include 204 apartment units, 782 beds and 20 laundry facility/ safe rooms. OBU hired CJC Architects Inc., a Tulsa firm which has worked with the university on several major projects, to plan the construction of the complex - News-Star 04/26/12: Read More

 

OR, Ashland - Southern Oregon University's new dorms, The North Village, could bring in extra dollars. When it's all said and done, The North Village dorms will hold 700 beds and feature a dining hall. Construction began in earnest on Friday, with a ceremonial groundbreaking. It is expected to provide 200 construction jobs over the next year. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in July of next year, ready for students in fall 2013 - KTRV 12TV 04/27/12: Read More

 

OR, Portland - Vigor Industrial announced it has won an order to build a second 144-car ferry for Washington State Ferries, the ferries division of the Washington State Department of Transportation. Construction cost for the first 144-car ferry is $115m and the total cost of the vessel is $147m, which includes design, owner-furnished equipment, construction management, final outfitting, and contingencies - Work Boat 04/26/12: Read More

 

OR, Port of Morrow - The Morrow Pacific project is seeking bids from local companies Gunderson and Vigor Industrial. The bid, to create 20 enclosed barges, is valued at approximately $70 million and will create over 300 local construction jobs over the next two years. Due to the size of the project, Morrow Pacific anticipates hiring multiple companies to complete various aspects of the work. The project has option agreements with both the Port of Morrow and Port of St. Helens and has submitted permits to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of State Lands. The Morrow Pacific project is being developed to provide an enclosed export route for low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin to U.S. trade allies in the Asia-Pacific market - The Chronicle 04/27/12: Read More

 

OR, Wallowa County - Tweaks in the design of a planned senior care building in northeastern Oregon are creating a more attractive business model for the Wallowa County Health Care District.  Overall, the new senior care facility is expected to cost approximately $4.5 million. Portland-based Andersen Construction expects to begin work on the 18,670-square-foot project in May, after it finishes building a $5.4 million medical office facility for the health care district - Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon 04/24/12: Read More

 

OR, West Linn - Now approved by the West Linn City Council, a $1 million capital improvement plan includes expanding the parking lot, repairing roof leaks and purchasing an emergency generator - West Linn Tidings 04/26/12: Read More

 

PA, Cresson - Thirteen years ago, Mount Aloysius College directors developed a master plan for expansion. Last week, the final and most ambitious idea moved closer to reality with the ceremonial groundbreaking for a $25 million Athletic Convocation and Wellness Center - Daily American 04/24/12: Read More

 

SD, Mitchell - The Mitchell Board of Education approved a general contractor for the multi-million dollar Trades Center building at Mitchell Technical Institute. The board approved Superintendent Joe Graves’ recommendation of a $5,268,400 bid from Gil Haugan Construction, of Sioux Falls, for general contracting duties on the new $18.5 MTI Trades Center - Mitchell Republic 04/23/12: Read More

 

TX, Houston - A new Audi car dealership is taking the urban-development model to new heights for its planned Houston location. A subsidiary of Sonic Automotive is planning a $20 million, 7 story retail and service facility for Audi on 1½ acres at the northeast corner of Greenbriar and the Southwest Freeway. The building would be among the auto brand's largest flagship dealerships in the United States - Houston Chronicle 04/25/12: Read More

 

TX, Houston - Calpine Corp, the largest U.S. independent power generator, will add more than 500 megawatts in Texas by the summer of 2014 to help the power-hungry state avoid rolling outages, officials said on Friday. n Texas, Calpine will add 260 MW of capacity at its Deer Park Energy Center and at the Channel Energy Center, both near Houston, said Thad Hill, Calpine's chief operating officer. The expansion will cost about $550 per kilowatt and be operational by the summer of 2014. Calpine is also working to add 618 MW at the Garrison Energy Center in the mid-Atlantic region, officials said. It plans to bid the plant's first phase, 309 MW, into that region's 2015/16 power auction. Calpine said it would invest about $550 million over the next three years to add 800 MW - Reuters 04/27/12: Read More

 

TX, Wichita Falls - The Wichita Falls Independent School District wants to implement a power management policy, using software that would automatically shut off all district devices at, say, 5 p.m. daily. It will cost another $75,000 to $100,000 to install a new generator to undergird the system - Times Record News 04/25/12: Read More

 

VA, Staunton - Staunton's Fire and Rescue Department's generator is 35-years old. The chief hopes to get a federal grant to help pay for the $30,000 to replace it but city council must approve their grant application because the city would share those costs - WHSV 3TV 04/25/12: Read More

 

WA, Seattle - Seattle-based Schnitzer West applied for building permits earlier this month for a 36-story, 750,000-square-foot office tower, dubbed the M5 Commerce Centre for its location at Fifth Avenue and Madison Street. Dan Ivanoff, Schnitzer's founder and managing investment partner, said the company hopes to have permits in hand by the end of the  year - Seattle Times 04/25/12: Read More

 

WI, Madison - 15 years of planning finally led to a much-anticipated groundbreaking on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus Saturday. The event was for the new School of Nursing that will be built and named after Signe Skott Cooper - Channel 3000 04/22/12: Read More

 

WV, Wyoming County - Just as the new Pineville Elementary School project is about to be bid, Wyoming County Schools has been awarded another $6.4 million, by the West Virginia School Building Authority, to construct a new Huff Consolidated Elementary and Middle School - Register-Herald 04/24/12: Read More

 

3.  Latin America & Caribbean

 

Brazil, Santos - O porto de Santos se prepara para construir um complexo de turismo e lazer no bairro do Valongo, entre os armazéns 1 e 8. Denominado Porto Valongo Santos, o “puerto madero santista” reunirá um terminal de cruzeiros marítimos, uma marina pública, um hotel, um edifício corporativo, restaurantes, lojas, duas bases oceanográficas da USP e da Unifesp e um museu. A estimativa é que sejam necessários investimentos de R$ 554,133 milhões, entre infraestrutura e edificações para as operações privadas - Valor 26/04/12: Leia mais em Português

 

Chile, Santiago - Fuel and forestry conglomerate Empresas Copec SA (COPEC.SN) announced a $1.4 billion 2012 investment plan, up from the initial plan of around $1 billion released earlier this year, the company's controlling shareholder and Chairman Roberto Angelini said in his annual speech to shareholders Wednesday - FOX Business 04/25/12: Read More

 

Cuba - Cold Chain Markets - At the three-day 8th International Congress of Agricultural Law which will conclude in the Cuban capital on Thursday, Roy Ramon Philippon, president of the Cuban Society of Agrarian Law, said Cuba is taking a closer look at cooperatives to see how they can be applied in areas as well as in agriculture. The Cuban government now plans to extend the role of cooperatives to other fields including food production. The number of the self-employed has exceeded 370,000 in Cuba and authorities expect the figure to surpass half a million by the end of 2012. Authorities say they want to see the "non-state sector provide about 50 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next 5 years." - CNTV 04/26/12: Read More

 

Cuba - Construcción de Casas - La Secretaría de Fomento Económico de Yucatán anunció la incursión de compañías constructoras de Yucatán en Cuba para desarrollar proyectos de vivienda, con la finalidad de abatir el déficit habitacional que actualmente tiene la isla caribeña. El secretario de Fomento Económico de Yucatán, Víctor Cervera Hernández, explicó que la participación de las empresas constructoras del estado en la isla es resultado de las gestiones efectuadas ante el Ministerio de la Construcción de Cuba. Destacó que Cuba representa un mercado muy atractivo para Yucatán en el sector de la construcción, ya que con 11.2 millones de habitantes presenta un déficit de 600 mil casas, según registros de 2010 - CMIC 25/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico - Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) informó que durante este año realizará una inversión de 572 millones de pesos, en sus 13 aeropuertos, como parte de su Programa Maestro de Desarrollo - CMIC 24/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico, Chiapas - El nuncio apostólico, Christophe Pierre, puso en marcha en este municipio los trabajos de construcción de la Universidad Católica Juan Pablo II, para ofertar una opción más de educación superior a los jóvenes de Chiapas. Se informó que la Facultad de Derecho y Arquitectura se edificará en una primera etapa con un costo de 11 millones 350 mil pesos y prevé iniciar funciones el próximo semestre; en una segunda etapa construirán las facultades de Turismo, Psicología Clínica y Ciencias Políticas - CMIC 27/04/12:  Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz - En los próximos dos años, Grupo Cydsa planea invertir 180 millones de dólares en la instalación de una planta de cogeneración de energía eléctrica - El Porvenir 04/26/12: En los próximos dos años, Grupo Cydsa planea invertir 180 millones de dólares en la instalación de una planta de cogeneración de energía eléctrica - El Porvenir 26/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico, San Luis - La japonesa Keihin invertirá 500 mdp y generará 860 empleos directos. Fue colocada la primera piedra de la empresa de capital japonés, Keihin de México SA de CV, la primera compañía que operará en el Parque Industrial Colinas de San Luis, con una inversión de 500 millones de pesos, y la generación de 860 empleos directos. La inversión es del giro automotriz y produce cuerpos de aceleración, y cuerpo de carrete múltiple de admisión. Uno de sus principales clientes es Honda - CMIC 26/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Peru, Cajamarca - Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) reported Wednesday that mining investments in the country rose 60.6 percent between January and February, 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier. Mining investments amounted to US$ 1.04 billion in the Jan-Feb period, 2012, while in 2011 they totaled US$ 653 million. Cajamarca continues in the first place after attracting in said period US$ 203 million investments (19.33 percent of the total). This region is followed by La Libertad with US$ 145 million (13.84 percent); Apurimac with US$ 141 million (13.47 percent); Ancash with US$ 110 million (10.44 percent) and Junin with US$ 103 million (9.80 percent) - Andina 04/25/12: Read More

 

Peru, San Martín Reservoir, Camisea Natural Gas Fields - Brazilian infrastructure developer Odebrecht will invest US$5 billion in the construction of Peru's Southern Andean Gas Pipeline, a 620-mile (1,000 km) pipeline from the Camisea gas fields to southern Peru. According to Jorge Barata, Odebrecht’s General Manager for Peru, the first stretch of the pipeline will extend from Camisea to the area of Quillabamba, a south-central zone near Cusco - Andina 04/26/12: Read More

 

Peru, Talara - Peru's state-owned Petroleos del Peru, or Petroperu, said that its board has given the mandate to Societe Generale (SCGLY) to structure a financing deal for the modernization of the Talara refinery. The company said that the project will cost $1.7 billion - Andina 04/24/12: Read More

 

Trinidad and Tobago, Arima - Construction of the new Arima Hospital is expected to begin in September with the proposed handing over and commissioning in April 2015. The Ministry of Health today said the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) has been appointed as the project developers for the construction and equipping of the new Hospital - News.gov.tt 04/25/12: Read More

 

Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguanas - The Canadian Government, through the Caribbean Local Economic Development Programme (CARILED) will invest CAN$24 million (TT$125 million) to establish its head office in Trinidad and Tobago. Minister of Local Government, Chandresh Sharma said the building will be built in at the old Chaguanas Borough Hall. “ A number of countries will participate, and so, Trinidad and Tobago will become the centre to conduct business - News.gov.tt: Read More

 

Venezuela, Araya, Carabobo & Junin - Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. said Friday it has signed an initial agreement, in a consortium with STX Construction Co., for an estimated $10 billion construction project with state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA. The project consists of three parts. In the first part, an oil pipeline in the Orinoco belt and tank farms in Junin and Carabobo will have to be built, a spokesman for Daewoo E&C said by phone. The second part comprises the constructing an oil storage and shipment terminal in the coast of Araya, while a solids storage and shipment terminal in another location along the Orinoco belt will have to be built in the third part, the spokesman said - EPC Engineering 04/27/12: Read More

 

Venezuela, Carabobo - A project to expand Venezuelan oil refineries to process heavy crude oil will be initially implemented in El Palito Refinery, located on the northern-central coast of the state of Carabobo, thanks to a USD 1 billion loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a consortium of Japanese financial and trade institutions. State-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) said in a press release that during the Fourth Venezuelan-Japanese Steering Committee for Energy Cooperation, the parties agreed to "a USD 800 million loan to finance the expansion of El Palito refinery and another USD 200 million loan to pay for oil goods and services. The funds will be provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and other Japanese companies." - El Universal 04/25/12: Read More

 

4.  Asia & Oceania

 

Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province - Construction work on a 75-kilomentre road was launched in northeastern Badakhshan province on Sunday, officials said. The 5-metre wide road that connects Maimi and Shaghnan districts is being constructed at a cost of $15 million by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), said provincial Rural Rehabilitation and Development Director Eng. Amir Mohammad Yaftali. Two big bridges would be constructed as part of the road project involving five local reconstruction firms, he said - Wadsam 04/23/12: Read More

 

Australia, Outback South Australia - Another uranium mine is closer to development in outback South Australia. Alliance Resources and its partner Quasar Resources, have accepted a 10-year mining lease for the Four Mile project, near the Beverley uranium mine -ABC 04/27/12: Read More

 

Australia, Perth - The first stage of Perth International Airport's $300 million dollar transformation is set to get underway next month with a WA based construction company named as the contractor for expansion works. Broad Construction Services has been awarded the contract for stage one which includes expansions of the immigration area, retail shops and baggage reclaim hall. Broad Construction Services has also been awarded the contract to construct the $120 million domestic terminal - ABC 04/27/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and PetroChina Co. are designing a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia with capacity of about 9 million metric tons a year that Deutsche Bank AG says will cost more than $20 billion. Arrow Energy Ltd., the partners’ Brisbane-based venture, plans to decide on whether to invest in the project by the end of next year, Shell Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry said - Bloomberg 04/26/12: Read More

 

China - China plans to speed up exploration of shale gas by asking companies, including PetroChina Co, to invest three times the minimum amount sought for crude oil areas. The government has pledged to prioritize land approvals, allow tax-free equipment imports and offer subsidies to explorers. More than 100 Chinese companies have qualified to participate in China's second auction of shale exploration area, which will likely be held before July, the official said. The government will offer at least 20 areas, he said - China.org 04/24/12: Read More --- Research Wikipedia List of: Crude Oil Exploration and Production Companies

 

China - General Motors Co. chairman Dan Akerson said Monday the automaker plans to open 600 dealerships in China this year and nearly double production capacity despite a slowdown in sales growth - San Francisco Chronicle 04/23/12: Read More

 

China, Guangdong Province - Chinese and Venezuelan national oil companies on Friday kicked off the construction of an oil-refining joint venture in south China's Guangdong province, local authorities said. China National Petroleum Corp. holds a 60-percent stake in the venture and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. holds the remaining part. The two parties have also planned to build two one-million-tonne ethylene production facilities. The first phase, which includes a 20-million-tonne refining facility, oil ports and tanks, costs about 58.6 billion yuan (9.3 billion U.S. dollars) - Xinhua 04/27/12: Read More

 

China, Hangzhou - Ford Motor Co is investing $760 million to build a new plant in eastern China as part of its effort to catch up with U.S. rival General Motors Co in the world's largest auto market. The announcement comes two weeks after Ford said it would invest $600 million to build a third plant at its Chongqing complex in southwest China and is part of the largest and fastest expansion by the company since the 1960s in North America and Europe. Ford has now announced or begun building eight assembly and powertrain plants in Asia - 4 Traders 04/19/12: Read More

 

China, Shaanxi Province - Northwest China's Shaanxi province plans to invest 6 billion yuan ($952 million) this year to fight floods and pollution in the Weihe River, the longest and most polluted tributary of the Yellow River, local water resources authorities have said. The investment, part of the province's 18-billion-yuan fund earmarked to build water projects in 2012, will be used to widen dikes and counter pollution as well as plant trees on river banks and build or renovate bridges, Zhang Yuzhong, deputy director of the provincial water resources bureau, said Wednesday - China Daily 04/27/12: Read More

 

India; Bangalore, Chennai & Mumbai - Mumbai-based real estate developer House of Hiranandani is planning to develop 23 million sq ft in Bangalore and Chennai over the next five years. It was planning to develop eight million sq ft here at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore, a top company executive said - Sify Finance 04/28/12: Read More

 

India, Bolarum, Secunderabad Cantonment Area - After being in cold storage for nearly five years, civil works of the proposed 30-bed general hospital at Bolarum in the Secunderabad Cantonment area may start in June. Secunderabad Cantonment Board authorities on Wednesday opened tenders and found four bids to build the Rs 5.20-crore health facility. "We received four tenders for the proposed hospital. Of them, M/s DEC Infrastructures and Projects (India) Pvt Ltd's bid was the lowest. We have selected the firm as successful bidder and forwarded it to Garrison Engineers for verification and issuing of final orders," a senior SCB official told TOI - Times of India 04/26/12: Read More

 

India, Chennai - The Government Museum in Egmore is all set for a revamp, if the host of announcements made in the Assembly on Wednesday are any indication. The damaged portion of the heritage compound wall is being renovated with wire-cut bricks and red sand stone material, at a cost of nearly Rs. 1 crore, Minister for School Education N.R. Sivapathi told the Assembly. The state government, he said, has already released Rs. 1 crore for purchase of five generator sets that would ensure uninterrupted power supply at the facility - The Hindu 04/26/12: Read More

 

India, Gujarat & Rajasthan - International Finance Corp is likely to provide about Rs 682 crore funding to Inox Renewables for developing wind farms in Gujarat and Rajasthan. "The total project cost is estimated at USD 480 million for up to 400 MW of wind farms proposed to be implemented by March 2013. These wind farms, coming up in Gujarat and Rajasthan, will be developed by Inox Renewables Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. - Economic Times/India Times 04/26/12: Read More

 

India, Mumbai - Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Wednesday said it will invest INR6 billion to develop the western periphery of the Mumbai High South field. he state-run company also said that it has made new oil and gas discoveries in the Assam and Arakan basin, Krishna Godavari onland basin, Cauvery onland basin and western offshore basin - EPC Engineer 04/25/12: Read More

 

India, Patna - Hafeez Contractor, one of India's best known architects, plans to develop a world city alongside the river Ganges here - on the lines of Dubai - that will boast of eco-friendly buildings and water sports facilities, officials here say. "Contractor submitted his proposed plans to the state government during his visit here Tuesday," an official said referring to the proposed New Patna World City - India Today 04/26/12: Read More

 

India, Solapur, Maharashtra - Alstom Bharat Forge Power Ltd, a joint venture between Alstom and Bharat Forge, has secured an order worth about Rs 1,570 crore from NTPC for supply of two units of 660-mw supercritical turbine generators at a plant in Solapur, Maharashtra - The Economic Times, India Times 04/24/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Jakarta - PT Makmur Orient Jaya, a subsidiary of property developer Summarecon Group, has secured a Rp 530 billion (US$58 million) loan to build the Summarecon Mal Bekasi shopping center in the Jakarta suburbs - The Jakarta Post 04/27/12: Read More

 

Malaysia, Johor - Malaysia has started building a petroleum storage terminal in south-east Johor, in a project that could become a strong competitor to Singapore's facilities on Jurong Island. The Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal, which will be built at an initial cost of RM1.9 billion (US$623.8 million), can store up to 1.3 million cubic meters of crude oil and is expected to be completed by 2014. It can be expanded by another 1 million cubic meters if needed. The terminal is a joint venture between the Johor state government and oil and gas companies Dialog Group from Malaysia and Royal Vopak from the Netherlands - The Jakarta Post 04/27/12: Read More

 

Mongolia, Khusigt Valley - A new airport is being built in Khusigt valley, where the first airplanes were taken off and landed i n 1957. Khusigt valley is located in 60 km distance from the capital UB. Prime Minister S.Batbold took part at the airport foundation lay ceremony on Monday and noted that the Government of Mongolia has intensified civil air service development in frame of program between 2008 and 2012. The Government of Mongolia and Japan Bank for International Cooperation have negotiated soft loan agreement of 28.8 billion yen in 2008 for the airport’s construction work - Business Mongolia 04/24/12: Read More

 

New Zealand, North Island - New Zealand Refining Co. will go ahead with plans for a NZ$365 million (US$296 million) expansion of its refinery on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island after gaining majority shareholder support at a general meeting Friday - EPC Engineering 04/27/12: Read More

 

Pakistan - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that the World Bank is to invest $ one billion in energy and economic sectors while the US would provide $ 223 million for Mangla and Kuram Tangi dam projects. Talking to media after meetings with World Bank and IMF officials, the Finance Minister said that the United Kingdom has expressed willingness to provide over two billion dollars to Pakistan in the next four years. He said Pakistan expects to receive a record $ 13.5 billion in foreign remittances which is a sign of overseas Pakistanis’ confidence in the economic policies of the government, which have now put the national economy on path to stability and growth - Pak Tribune 04/25/12: Read More

 

Pakistan - Import of generators goes up. Anticipating good sales in view of intense load-shedding in the coming months, industrialists and traders intensified import of power generating machines between January and March. Import of power generating machines went up to $90 million in March 2012 as compared to $85.5 million in February 2012 while it was just $63.5 million in January 2012, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics figures revealed - Dawn 04/24/12: Read More

 

Pakistan - Pakistan is pushing ahead with plans to build a gas pipeline from Iran. State agency Inter State Gas Systems, which was set up in 1996 to oversee the development of the gas pipeline, has issued a tender inviting contractors interested in the project for pre-qualification - Express Tribune 04/27/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Karachi, Punjab & Sindh - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is interested in making joint ventures with Pakistan to develop agricultural land on a large scale in Sindh and Punjab, said Consul General of UAE Suhail Bin Mater Al-Ketbi. Pakistan has huge cultivatable land while UAE can bring technology that will not only improve the per acre yield but also boost supply chain from farm to markets. Many supermarkets and hypermarkets are coming to Pakistan where UAE-based companies are interested to invest - Pak Tribune 04/24/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Lahore - The Punjab government has earmarked Rs3.4 billion for the agriculture sector to attain autarchy in food, fruit and vegetable, sources said on Friday - PakTribune 04/27/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Bacolod City - Major General Darryll Wong, Adjutant General of Hawaii and former Director of the State Civil Defense of the United States officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony of the national SMC-Petron Bacolod Disaster Preparedness Relief Center in Bacolod City yesterday. Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez said the center, which is worth P6 to P8 million will be completed within eight months and is expected to provide support to different local government units in case of disasters and other emergencies - Visayan Daily Star 05/25/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Dumaguete - The Social Action Center of the Diocese of Dumaguete, the city government, and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-National Secretariat for Social Action, will lead the groundbreaking rites for a low-cost housing project for victims of tropical storm “Sendong”, on April 30 - Visayan Daily Star 04/24/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Isabela Province - The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 has allotted P1 million for the establishment of a trading center in the province to be a venue to market and promote the organically grown products produced by farmers - PIA 04/27/12: Read More

 

Thailand, Laos - Ch. Karnchang Plc (CK), Thailand's third-largest contractor by market capitalisation, is aiming at 15% revenue growth, to 15-16 billion baht, this year. Chief executive Plew Trivisvavet said the 1,280-megawatt Xayaburi hydroelectric dam project on the Mekong River in Laos will generate 30% of the company's total revenue this year, or about 4.5 billion baht. Begun in mid-March, the US$3.8-billion dam project in northern Laos will be a major revenue generator for CK. Construction will take eight years. The contractor last week informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand that it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth 51.8-billion-baht ($711 million) with Xayaburi Power - Bangkok Post 04/25/12: Read More

 

Thailand, Purachinburi - Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it will start constructing a new semiconductor plant in July in central Thailand, relocating production from its existing factory, whose output has been halted due to damage caused by the flooding last October - The Japan Times 04/25/12: Read More

 

Turkey, Balikesir - The EBRD is promoting renewable energy in Turkey with a €135 million loan to Enerjisa for the construction of a new wind farm in the country. The proceeds of the EBRD loan will be used to build Enerjisa Bares WPP, an on-shore independent wind farm in Balikesir in western Turkey. Enerjisa Bares WPP will consist of 52 wind turbines and will have a generation capacity of 142.5 MW - EBRD 04/27/12: Read More

 

Turkey, North Cyprus, Gazimagusa - The Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has started drilling for gas and oil in North Cyprus’ Gazimagusa, with a ceremony attended by high ranking officials - Hurriyet Daily News 04/27/12: Read More

 

Turkmenistan, South Yolotan-Osman Gas Field - Tri-Tech Holding Inc., which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that its affiliate, Beijing Satellite Science and Technology Co. ("BSST"), bid for a project from Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited of China National Petroleum Corporation for a boundary security system and Terrestrial Trunked Radio ("TETRA ") communication system, part of the turnkey construction of a natural gas processing plant for the South Yolotan-Osman Gas Field in Turkmenistan. BSST expects the contract value will be over RMB 10 million - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/ PR Newswire 04/24/12: Read More

 

5.  Europe

 

Armenia, Amulsar Region - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided CAD 5.8 million in support continued exploration and development programme of Lydian’s Amulsar gold project in Armenia (drilling and feasibility studies). Lydian International Limited is one of the few private mining companies undertaking exploration in Armenia - EBRD 04/27/12: Read More

 

Belgium - SME Markets - EIF and Belfius Bank have signed a guarantee agreement to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Belgium. SME investment loans granted by Belfius Bank to start-ups and this transaction is expected to generate a new portfolio of loans worth up to EUR 450m over the next two years. 2,000 Belgian start-up companies are expected to benefit from this transaction, gaining access to loans of up to EUR 500,000 - EIF 04/27/12: Read More

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska - The EBRD is supporting the modernisation of transport infrastructure in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a €150 million sovereign-guaranteed loan for the construction of a part of the new Banja Luka-Doboj motorway. This segment is the main east-west link in Republika Srpska, one of the country’s entities - EBRD 04/26/12: Read More

 

Central & Eastern Europe - China vowed on Thursday to double its trade with Central and Eastern European countries to $100 billion by 2015, as Premier Wen Jiabao reassured leaders in the region that Beijing would deepen relations with these countries "with the greatest sincerity". Polish officials, experts and investors welcomed Beijing's commitments, saying Poland will serve as an ideal gateway between China and the rest of Europe to boost trade and investment and help stabilize the European and global economy. Beijing will offer $10 billion in loans to support partner projects in infrastructure, high-tech and the green economy for countries in the region, Wen said at the second annual China-Central and Eastern European Countries Economic Forum - China Daily 04/27/12: Read More

 

Germany, Munich - Germany's Munich Airport stated (23-Apr-2012) exactly 12 years and nine days after the groundbreaking ceremony for Munich Airport's Terminal 2, the expansion project and construction of the new satellite terminal officially commenced on 23-Apr-2012 - CAPA 04/24/12: Read Expansion Details

 

Norway, Brevik - Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected by Island Offshore to design, power and equip an advanced subsea construction vessel. The versatile UT 737 CD vessel will support the most demanding subsea projects, including constructing and servicing oil and gas wells on the sea bed, up to 3,000 metres below sea level. The Rolls-Royce designed UT 737 CD will be built at STX OSV’s shipyard in Brevik, Norway - Euri-Petrole 04/24/12: Read More

 

Norway, Tranby - International oil service group Aker Solutions is preparing for major growth by investing NOK 500 million (USD 87 million) in its subsea business. This investment is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Tranby, Norway, and Port Klang, Malaysia. In addition, a new service base will also be established in Malaysia - Aker Solutions 04/20/12: Read More

 

Poland, Kozienice - A consortium led by Polish builder Polimex-Mostostal placed the best bid to build a coal-fired unit for utility Enea at its Kozienice power plant, a source close to the tender told Reuters. Polimex and Japanese group Hitachi offered to build the unit for around 6.2 billion zlotys ($1.95 billion), slightly more than a rival bid by China National Electric Engineering Corporation and China Overseas Engineering Group, but its other parameters were more favourable, the source said - Reuters 04/25/12: Read More

 

Poland, Wejherowo - The group of companies willing to cooperate in shale gas exploration is growing. ENEA has just joined in with TAURON Polska Energia, KGHM and PGE - the three listed companies which for several weeks now have been discussing possible cooperation in the exploration and production of unconventional gas with PGNiG. The companies have agreed that joint operations in the Wejherowo licence area will be more effective - Euro-Petrole 04/24/12: Read More

 

Russia, Kaluga Region - A ground breaking ceremony attended by high profile dignitaries marks the start of construction on Volvo’s 350 Million SEK excavator factory, underscoring the company’s commitment to the Russian market - VolVoice 04/19/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Heath Farm, Kenninghall - A Biogas plant being built in fields in Heath Farm. His Honour judge David Waksman ruled no screening of the plant site at Heath Farm, Kenninghall was needed for an environmental impact assessment and the planning permission given to developer Greenshoots Energy by Breckland Council was not legally flawed. The plant will produce gas from fermenting cattle slurry and chicken litter then is to be transported by pipeline 1km to the generator near Crown Chicken Mill - EDP24 Morning News 04/28/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, North London - AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a major framework contract by the North London Waste Authority to help deliver state-of-the-art new waste services infrastructure for north London. Under the Waste Services contract the Authority will provide a sustainable waste management solution including building and operating new composting, recycling and waste processing facilities. Waste that cannot be recycled or composted will then be used to create Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF). The Fuel Use contract will provide the best solution for recovering as much value as possible for north London from this SRF. The Authority will spend some £2-3 billion on these initiatives over the next 25 years - EPC Engineer 04/25/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Offshore Isle of Wight - Eneco Wind UK and EDF Energy have formed an equal joint venture to hold the exclusive development rights to the Navitus Bay Offshore Wind Project - The Engineer 04/26/12: Read More

 

Ukraine, Kiev - Yesterday (Wednesday) was an emotional and exciting date for the Jews of Kiev, Capital of the Ukraine. Members of the local Jewish community and dignitaries assembled in an empty lot to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of a new massive Jewish community center, which will have a Shul, a medical center, a Jewish Museum, a Chesed Center, a Old Age Home and much more ● The new Campus is being built by the local Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of the Ukraine Moshe Asman, with the help of the president of the Jewish community Mr. Alexander Levin - Chabad Info 04/26/12: Read More

 

Ukraine, Staryy Sambir - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is making its first ever investment into wind power generation in Ukraine by organising a €13.3 million financing package to Eco-Optima, a Ukrainian-Italian joint venture company, which will operate a wind farm in Staryy Sambir region of western Ukraine - EBRD 04/25/12: Read More

 

6.  Middle East & Africa

 

Bahrain - A major agreement has been signed between Bahrain and the US Occidental Petroleum Corporation for deep gas exploration, according to Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza - Trade Arabia 04/27/12: Read More

 

Botswana - Analysis from Frost & Sullivan says that Botswana's electricity industry is expected to grow significantly with additional power generation capacities coming on stream in 2012-13. This takes the form of the 600 MW Morupule B coal-fired power station currently under construction - ESI Africa 04/25/12: Read More

 

Kenya, Mombasa - Plans are underway to procure a new generator for the Coast Provincial General Hospital, provincial director of medical services Maurice Siminyu has said. Speaking yesterday during the annual clinical officer's conference in Mombasa, Siminyu said the hospital has already identified a potential dealer who will supply the generator to the hospital. The generator will cost the hospital an estimated Sh7.5 million - All Africa 04/27/12: Read More

 

Kenya, Nangina, Samia District, Busia County - The Government is set to construct a Sh40 million fish storage plant at Nangina in Samia District, Busia County. Busia has over 360, 000 square metres surface under fish farming after the government constructed 1, 200 fish ponds during the first phase of Economic Stimulus Programme - The Standard 04/25/12: Read More

 

Iraq, Al Mussaib - Siemens said it has won a major order from Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to supply the control and instrumentation system, field equipment and steam turbine generator spare parts for the country's largest power plant at Al Mussaib. Siemens said the scope of supply includes new rotating elements for the four 320-megawatt (MW) steam turbines, generator rotors and the complete instrumentation and controls system - Trade Arabia 04/23/12: Read More

 

Iraq - Lucky Cement from Pakistan has disclosed its plan to set up a cement grinding facility in Iraq in a joint venture with a local partner. The plant with production capacity of 870,000 tons will cost $30 million of which 50% will be paid by Lucky Cement. The company is already establishing a one million ton manufacturing plant in Congo under a joint venture project - Express Tribune 04/27/12: Read More

 

Morocco, Casablanca - A consortium led by EdF Energies Nouvelles, and also comprising Mitsui and Alstom, was selected as the preferred bidder by Morocco’s Office National d’Electricité (ONE) for the 150 MW Taza wind farm. The Taza wind power plant will be equipped with 50 Alstom wind turbines of 3.0 MW each. EDF Energies Nouvelles, Mitsui and Alstom will subcontract at least 30 % of the civils and construction of this project to Moroccan companies. EDF Energies Nouvelles will open a 100% owned subsidiary in Casablanca, called EDF EN Maroc, and this company along with Mitsui will be responsible for the design, financing, development and construction of the Taza wind power project and will operate the wind farm under a 20 year agreement - Morocco Tomorrow 04/26/12: Read More

 

Nigeria - The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved two contracts worth about N100 billion for the construction of new gas pipelines. The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, who was joined by his Ministry of Transport counterpart, Senator Idris Umar, said the first of the two contracts was awarded to Nestoil Company in the sum of N19.250, 001,456.24 and $192.500, 131.48, while the second was awarded to Oil Serve Limited in the sum of N29.520, 429,031.33 and $83.924, 564.75. The council approved the construction of strategic gas supply pipelines in Obiafu/Obrikum in Rivers State and Oben in Edo State to two companies with duration of 24 months - Nigerian Tribune 04/26/12: Read More

 

Nigeria, Enugu - The Enugu State government has approved the immediate purchase of essential medical and electrical equipment for use by the Burns Care Unit of the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu. He said the purchase of the equipment worth N29,813,662.20 was in response to an urgent request by the management staff of the unit to state government to help save more lives at the hospital. The commissioner enumerated the medical and electrical items to be procured as electric cardioserv debrifillator, blood gaz Analyzer, standard ventillator and 100 KVA generator, among others - Nigerian Tribune 04/27/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia - International Power, the UK subsidiary of French utility GDF SUEZ, is to expand its jointly-owned Tihama power production sites in Saudi Arabia after winning a contract extension through to 2026 from oil company Saudi Aramco. The expansion will take place at three of the four existing sites and will generate additional capacity of 532 megawatts (MW) and 2,210 gigajoules per hour (GJ/h) of steam. The total project cost for the expansion is estimated to be $430m - Share Cast 04/23/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Al Ba’itha - Habtoor Leighton Group (operating as Leighton Middle East Contracting Company) in joint venture with Dragados Gulf Construction Company / Intecsa Industrial (ACS Group), has been awarded an SAR633 million (US$169 million) contract in Saudi Arabia for the construction of mine-related infrastructure for the Ma’aden Alcoa Aluminium joint venture’s bauxite mine. HLG’s share of the contract is worth SAR316 million (US$85 million). The project is located at Al Ba’itha in a desert landscape approximately 200 km north-east of the city of Burayda in the Qassim central region of Saudi Arabia - EPC Engineer 04/26/12: Read More

 

South Africa - Infrastructure Markets - President Jacob Zuma says infrastructure remains critical to South Africa's development goals adding that it is an essential component of service delivery. Zuma was asked to explain whether the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) has met since its establishment in September 2011 and whether it had identified any projects and infrastructure initiatives in all provinces for the 2011-2012 financial year. He was also asked to give details on the Moloto Rail Corridor - BUA 04/24/12: Read More --- Download 33 page, PDF file: A Summary of the Infrastructure Plan

 

South Africa, Cape Town - Small businesses will get a capital injection of over R780m, with the signing of an agreement between the China Development Bank and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel. Under the first agreement, the China Development Bank will commit $100m in funding for small businesses which will be disbursed through the IDC's Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) which was launched yesterday - BUA 04/24/12: Read More

 

South Africa; Cape Town, Durban & Gauteng - Cape Town - Durban and Gauteng as well as the transport corridor between these two key logistics centres will be alive with work, as five key projects get under way in the next five years, the Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele says - BUA 04/25/12: Read List of Projects

 

South Africa, Johannesburg - Every municipality in South Africa is required to produce an Integrated Development Plan, in which the city's future is mapped over the short, medium and long term. Issues that are considered include spatial planning, disaster management, finances, performance targets and economic development. Johannesburg's IDP is available for downloading from the Joburg.org web site, in Adobe Acrobat format, with each chapter in a separate file - Joburg.org: Access the IDP "roadmap" for Johannesburg

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Aabar Investments PJSC, which dropped a $1.74 billion offer for Arabtec (ARTC) Holding PJSC two years ago, awarded a 222 million-dirham contract ($60 million) to a unit of the Dubai builder as it raises its stake in the company. Arabtec Construction LLC won the contract to build a residential tower in Abu Dhabi, Arabtec said in a statement to the Dubai bourse today. “With the recent award to the company in Dubai and others expected in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates’ is still an important market for the company,” Arabtec Construction Chief Executive Officer Greg Christofides said - Bloomberg  04/22/12: Read More

 

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G20 Summit was held April 19-20, 2012 in Washington, DC - G20 Information Center/University of Toronto: Read Final Communiqué --- Access All G20 Documents

 

Global Economies - According to the IMF, the US will remain the world's largest economy in 2012, followed by China, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Brazil, Italy, Russia and Canada - China Daily 04/18/12: Read More

 

Oil & Gas Market - Visit the OTC 2012 in Houston, Texas, USA; 30 April-3 May - Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection - OTC: Read More

 

World Economic Outlook Press Conference by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - IMF 04/17/12: Read Presentations and Access Webcast

 

2.  North America

 

All United States - Defense Markets - Defense Department Contracts for April 17, 2012 - Defense Logistics Agency/Huntington News 04/17/12: Read List of Contracts

 

All United States - Equipment Leasing & Finance Markets - The Equipment Lease Finance Industry Confidence Is Up Slightly Fourth Consecutive Month in April. The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the April 2012 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $628 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 62.1, up slightly from the March index of 61.7, and the fourth consecutive month of increases, indicating industry participants’ optimism is slowly but steadily rising - Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation 04/20/12: Read Report Summary --- Survey Results --- Survey Charts

 

All United States - Oil & Gas Markets - On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued cost-effective regulations, required by the Clean Air Act, to reduce harmful air pollution from the oil and natural gas industry while allowing continued, responsible growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production. The final rules include the first federal air standards for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured, along with requirements for several other sources of pollution in the oil and gas industry that currently are not regulated at the federal level. EPA will hold three public hearings on the proposed standards to reduce air pollution from the oil and natural gas industry. The hearings will be Sept. 27, 28 and 29 in Pittsburgh, Denver and Arlington, Texas - EPA 04/17/12: Read More and Access All EPA Action Files on Oil & Gas

 

AL, Athens - Athens officials say the city’s water and wastewater system is in much better shape than it was 20 years ago, but serious and costly improvements are needed. John Stockton, manager of the Water and Wastewater departments, spoke to the City Council during a Thursday work session about pressing projects that could improve services for decades to come. The city’s water services have about $2.08 million in Capital Infrastructure Program funds, Stockton said. He discussed the wastewater treatment plant also needs a backup electricity source, which could be done through having a standby diesel generator - The News Courier 04/20/12: Read About Other Projects

 

AL, Gardendale - Work will begin soon on a new location for the Gardendale Police Department and home for other city services. The Gardendale City Council approved a bid from Murray Building Company, Inc. to renovate the former Food World location at 1309 Decatur Highway. The winning low bid was $2,696,500 - North Jefferson News 04/17/12: Read More

 

AZ, Maricopa - The city of Maricopa will hold a groundbreaking for its permanent City Complex 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday. The first phase of this complex includes construction of the 45,000-square-foot Maricopa City Hall and the 11,000-square-foot Maricopa Police Station, both anticipated to reach completion before the end of 2013. The estimated cost to build the new city hall is $15.4 million, and the cost for a new police station is pegged at $3.4 million - In Maricopa 04/18/12: Read More

 

CA, Belmont - GDT Tek, Inc President Bo Linton announced today that GDTK has contracted with Cannery Row Capital Funding, Inc., to monetize its Energy Service Agreement (ESA) with CAL MC2. Mr. Linton President stated, "The Company has reviewed several different loan programs to fund the One Mega Watt-$5.5 million project and Cannery Row Capital, Inc. has the best program for this project - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/PR Newswire 04/18/12: Read More

 

CA, Menifee - The Romoland School District is moving ahead with plans to build a new middle school. The campus would be built initially as a seventh- and eighth-grade school that would cost about $22 million - The Press-Enterprise 04/15/12: Read More

 

CA, Pasadena - The City Council approved the long-stalled master plan and $45-million expansion at All Saints Church campus in Pasadena's historic Civic Center - Pasadena Star-News 04/17/12: Read More

 

CA, San Diego County - Ground was officially broken for the North County District’s new $3.5 Million, Fire Station 5 in Bonsall on April 10. The new [Bonsall] station will include: a three bay apparatus area for one structure engine, one brush engine, and one ambulance; living quarters that accommodate up to eight firefighters including sleeping quarters, bathrooms, kitchen, and a dayroom; a training room, physical fitness area, office space; public lobby and restroom; workshop, storage for firefighting equipment and medical supplies; personnel and equipment decontamination area; personal protective equipment storage, a communications room, back-up power generator area - The Village News 04/19/12: Read More

 

CA, Shasta County - The start of construction on Shasta County’s new $18.5 million Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility will be marked by a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at 2680 Radio Lane, Redding. Nichols Melburg & Rossetto, AIA & Associates Inc., completed the design work and will provide architectural support throughout construction. Kitchell Capital Expenditure Managers Inc. of Sacramento was awarded the construction management services contract while Roebbelen Contracting Inc. of El Dorado Hills, Calif., was awarded a construction contract for the project - Anderson Valley Post 04/18/12: Read More

 

CO, Hamilton - Matt Holman, exploration project manager for Shell’s Northwest Colorado operations, said Shell has acquired the necessary land leases to construct temporary residences near its base of operations in the Hamilton and Waddle Creek areas. But Holman would not comment on whether Shell has plans to construct a “man camp” in the immediate future - Craig Daily Press 04/16/12: Read More

 

CT, Groton - General Dynamics Electric Boat has been given a U.S. Navy contract to purchase long-lead items for the Navy's Virginia class submarine. Electric Boat said the contract funding is for steam and electrical-plant components, the main propulsion unit and ship-service turbine generator set, miscellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical-systems components needed in construction of the submarine SSN-792 - UPI 04/19/12: Read More

 

FL, Ave Maria, Collier County - The groundbreaking of a $25 million surgical device manufacturing plant in Ave Maria could be a boon for business development in the state. Arthrex Manufacturing East — scheduled to complete its first phase of 190,000 square feet by next spring with an additional 120,000 square feet within two or three years — will bring about 500 construction jobs to the area this year - News-Press 04/16/12: Read More

 

FL, Boca Grande - Downsizing tender houses and catwalks in competition for wider shoulders on the future swing bridge were topics of conversation that prevailed at the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority’s engineering committee meeting held on April 18. The committee recommended approval of the bridge development report presented by Hardesty & Hanover, after lengthy discussion about cost-saving measures and making a few amendments. H&H bid the swing bridge job at a $21 million estimate. The first contractor’s bid came in at $30 million, the second bid $21 million and the third contractor came in at right around $25 million. The three contractors asked that their estimates remain confidential. The committee also discussed changing the plan for the tender house to go from four levels to just two levels. One of the proposed additional levels would have housed a second generator that would power the bridge if there was no electricity - Boca Beacon 04/20/12: Read More

 

FL, Lakeland - South Dixieland may be home to a $2.5 million art deco building. John Vreeland, a lawyer with Gray Robinson in Lakeland, is the financial backer of the project. His son, Todd, is moving his business, Studio Aquatics — a saltwater and freshwater aquarium store currently located just north of the location — to the first floor at the new site. That is expected to take up about half of the proposed 10,000-square-foot building at 1217 and 1221 S. Florida Ave - The Ledger 04/17/12: Read More

 

FL, Naples - Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida, will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony on April 18 at 9:30 a.m. to bless the project site for St. William Parish. The new Parish building will be 43,479 square feet, approximately 40 percent larger than its current size. The new building will be able to seat 1,350 people. Morton, Wasmer and Abraham, Inc. of Naples is the general contractor for this project - News-Press 04/17/12: Read More

 

FL, Sarasota - Goodwill Industries Manasota has started its latest project, a new facility that will include a SCAT bus stop and electric car charging station. The 29,967-square-foot facility was developed by Jebco Ventures Inc. and designed by architect Randall Paul Sample - Herald Tribune 04/18/12: Read More

 

FL, Tequesta - GMH Ventures of Newtown Square, PA, in a collaborative effort with GMH Capital Partners, is pleased to announce the groundbreaking for the development of Futures of Palm Beach® located in Tequesta, Florida. The Palm Beach facility is GMH's initial location for the Futures Wellness & Recovery Centers, and is the second addition to the GMH Ventures Healthcare Division - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/PR Newswire 04/18/12: Read More

 

GA, Atlanta - Healthcare conglomerate Baxter International plans to open a manufacturing plant on metro Atlanta's Eastside - a project that could bring about 1,500 jobs. The plant will be built in the Stanton Springs business park, a 1,600-acre, a master-planned development east of Interstate 285 near Covington and Social Circle - WXIA 11TV 04/20/12: Read More

 

Gulf of Mexico, Offshore USA - Tata Steel has been awarded a high eight-figure US dollar contract to supply pipe for Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s new crude oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico’s Keathley Canyon area. The contract will see Tata Steel deliver more than 48,000 metric tonnes of steel pipe from its 42-inch mill in Hartlepool, England for the Lucius Development Project, which has the capacity to produce in excess of 80,000 barrels of oil per day - TATA Steel 04/19/12: Read More

 

IA, Iowa City - Two weeks after approving a $2.5 million tax-incentive financing for a proposed 14-story development, the Iowa City Council supported a new design for the building. The city councilors approved an agreement with local developer Marc Moen's Central Park LLC April 3 to redevelop space at 114 S. Dubuque St. Moen plans to construct a 14-story mixed-use commercial and residential building in the space now occupied by the Wells Fargo Bank. Councilors also approved providing Moen with a $2.5 million in TIF for the development - Daily Iowan 04/18/12: Read More

 

IL, Champaign - Local politicians and Parkland College officials will celebrate the groundbreaking of a $28 million student services center today (Monday, April 16) - The News-Gazette 04/16/12: Read More

 

IL, Highland - St. Joseph's Hospital Highland is one step closer to its new facility. The groundbreaking ceremony was Friday morning for the new hospital at 12760 Troxler Road - KSDK 5TV 04/20/12: Read More

 

IL, Mount Vernon - The city has a total bonding capacity of $39.4 million for capital projects, based on revenues expected in the three capital funds. The council looked at the capital budgets as part of work to finalize the fiscal year 2012-13 budget, which must be approved by May 31. Fleet services has requested $97,380 to purchase a generator and wiring - Register News 04/19/12: Read About Other Budget Projects

 

IL, Princeton - The Manlius Village Board heard spec sheets have been sent out for bids to install the new generator - BCR News 04/18/12: Read More Board Action

 

KY, Boling Green - Christian Care Communities today broke ground for a $12 million expansion of Village Manor that will bring a wide range of new services for seniors, including assisted living, memory care and short-term rehabilitation care.  With shovels in hand and wearing hard hats, public officials, community and business leaders joined with Christian Care and Village Manor staff and residents for the ceremonial ground breaking to signal the start of the $12 million senior living expansion project - The Lane Report 04/20/12: Read More

 

KY, Lexington - Transformation of University of Kentucky student housing begins with a groundbreaking Tuesday for New Central Residence Hall, and the campus and Lexington communities are invited. UK will sign an agreement Monday with Education Realty Trust (EdR) on a 50-year ground lease to develop and manage the new residence hall that will offer modern housing as well as high-tech classroom space - The Lane Report 04/16/12: Read More

 

LA, Harahan - The Harahan City Council voted Thursday night to extend the contract of Meyer Engineers Ltd., the firm overseeing the installation of backup generators for the city's sewage treatment plant and lift stations. The resolution, approved unanimously by the council, extends the contract to July 1, 2014. Harahan facilities manager Carlo Ferrara said the extension was necessary because the project has been delayed because of the weather and other complications. The project calls for the installation of a large generator at the city's main sewage treatment plant and the purchase of five portable generators that will service Harahan's 14 lift stations as the need arises - The Times-Picayune 04/19/12: Read More

 

MA, Needham - The Needham Council on Aging will host a groundbreaking at the location of the new senior center at West Street and Hillside Avenue on Thursday, May 3. The $8.5 million project involves construction of a 20,000-square-foot; two-story building that will house Council on Aging offices and provide space for meetings, classes and events. Colantonio Inc. of Holliston has been picked as the project's general contractor - Needham Patch 04/14/12: Read More

 

MA, Wayland - Richard Bornstein, CEO of KGI Properties, told the crowd that Friday's groundbreaking of the Wayland Town Center was a "celebration of the culmination of years of hard work." - Wayland Patch 04/20/12: Read More

 

MA, West Bridgewater - A lively information exchange took place Thursday at a forum on the town’s proposed new middle-high school, when architects unveiled design plans and projected cost estimates. “The state grant could be $28 to $29.5 million, which leaves the West Bridgewater, cost at about $34 to $35 million,” said Mel Overmoyer, principal architect for Strategic Building Solutions - Enterprise News 04/16/12: Read More

 

MA, Worcester - The University of Massachusetts Medical School is preparing to open a state-of-the-art research building later this year, which will require plenty of energy to operate. Last week, the school accepted a $5.6-million energy efficiency rebate from National Grid that will help pay for energy capacity upgrades at the cogeneration plant that provides power to the campus - Worcester Business Journal 04/16/12: Read More

 

MD, Bel Air - Community input on the Town of Bel Air's $15.7 Million, fiscal year 2013 budget began Monday with a public hearing. Capital improvements are planned at an expense of 151,200 and include replacement of a “sorely needed” generator - Bel Air Patch 04/16/12: Read About Other Budget Items

 

MI, Ann Arbor - The University of Michigan Medical School will greatly expand and improve its space and technology for training future physicians, with a $55 million project approved by the U-M Board of Regents today - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/PR Newswire 04/20/12: Read More

 

MI, Detroit - Wayne State University plans to break ground on a new $90 Million, biomedical research facility at the edge of campus this summer with the help of state funding - Detroit News 04/17/12: Read More

 

MN, Stevens County - The Stevens County Board of Commissioners awarded three construction contracts to Riley Bros Construction, the low bidder in each case, for summer road work at their regular meeting on Tuesday. All 3 Bids totaled $1,695,084 - Morris Sun Tribune 04/20/12: Read More

 

MO, Cassville - On April 12, the Cassville R-4 School Board discussed design options for the emergency shelter facility that will be constructed on the school campus using a FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) grant. "Right now, the design includes seating for 625," said Asbill. "We are shooting for seating for 700 to 750 individuals. The facility will accommodate a lot more people as a tornado shelter." The facility will offer a portable stage. The building will also be equipped with its own generator. The FEMA grant will provide the district with $1,518,399 in funding for the project. The grant requires a 25 percent match, the district will be responsible for $380,000 in project costs - Cassville Democrat 04/18/12: Read More

 

MO, Kansas City - The University of Missouri-Kansas City has announced two new gifts totaling $1.25 million. The gifts were announced during the recent groundbreaking for an $18 million expansion of the Miller Nichols Learning Center that will add 950 classroom seats - The Washington Post 04/16/12: Read More

 

NC, High Point - The City Council on Monday spent about $10.2 million in seconds, lumping all the spending items on the agenda into one motion that was passed so quickly, and with so little discussion or even description, that it made one's head spin. Included was the amount of $127,527 on a sole-source purchase of a new generator for the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant - Rhino Times 04/19/12: Read About Other Projects

 

NH, Hampton - The school year won't end until June, but already Winnacunnet High School officials are projecting a $645,000 surplus in its operating budget. Business Manager Bill Hickey told the board that administrators may soon propose purchasing a generator if the school system receives a grant. Even with that project, Hickey estimated, the district will still end up with a $400,000 surplus that could go back to the communities to offset taxes - Seacoast Online 04/20/12: Read More

 

NJ, East Brunswick - The Planning Board approved plans to build a 151,507-square-foot Wal-Mart on the Golden Triangle site, Wednesday - East Brunswick Patch 04/20/12: Read More

 

NJ, Livingston - The Township Council on April 16 approved $8,459,950 worth of capital improvements in this year’s budget that will be used for projects such as road improvements, construction of a new field, improvements to the township’s recreation building and library and the acquisition of a residential property on Hillside Avenue. Included was $2,876,450  to purchase an emergency generator for the Senior Community Center, construction of Madonna Drive field, improvements to Monmouth Court Recreation Building, improvements to Heritage School Tennis Court, pond aerator, field drainage systems and lightning detection system - The Alternative Press 04/17/12: Read About Other Projects

 

NJ, Morristown - At a special meeting last week, the Morristown Planning Board directed Attorney John Inglesino to draft a resolution for April 26 approving phase one of the Morristown Development LLC’s Speedwell Avenue redevelopment plan, including changes for the 268-unit apartment building - Morristown Green 04/14/12: Read More

 

NJ, Oradell - Oradell officials are preparing for the coming summer storm season with a new location for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) headquarters, more effective communication with residents during emergencies and a plan to purchase an emergency generator. Oradell is also planning to purchase a new emergency generator with the capability of powering Borough Hall and the police department. Last year, the generator that the borough currently uses failed several times and was not powerful enough to provide electricity for all of Borough Hall. The purchase will be funded with a capital grant left over from last year, Koth said - Town News 04/19/12: Read More

 

NJ, Rivers Edge - The $14.26 million River Edge municipal budget, which was introduced last month, will likely be up for public hearing and adoption in early May, officials said. The planned capital projects include a new generator for Borough Hall and the public safety building; a generator for the Fire Company 2 building; a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for Borough Hall, at a cost of approximately $300,000; and a tree truck for the Department of Public Works (DPW), costing about $250,000. About $45,000 will be spent on tree plantings to replace the many trees that were damaged in recent storms - Town News 04/16/12: Read About Other Budget Projects

 

NJ, Rockleigh - The Paris Avenue pumping station is about to receive some short-term remedies, Borough Administrator William McGuire said. A new generator for the pumping station was approved at the April 4 Sewerage Authority Meeting. The generator will be used as a backup in the event of a power failure. It is being ordered and will take three months to get in before it is installed, officials said - Northern Valley Suburbanite 04/19/12: Read More

 

NM, Silver City - The groundbreaking for Tyrone's new wastewater treatment system was held on Thursday at the Tyrone Community Center. The new system, which was financed by USDA Rural Development through a $661,000 loan and a $2.5 million grant, will connect Tyrone's water lines to Silver City's wastewater treatment plant - Silver City Sun-News 04/19/12: Read More

 

NV, Winnemucca - Monday, hospital officials will officially break the ground that—in just under two years—will result in a new patient wing at Humboldt General Hospital. Members of the Humboldt County Hospital District Board of Trustees will be on hand. The gathering also will include representatives from Ascent Construction, which was awarded the bid to construct the new wing March 27, and CTA Architects Engineers. The $5.7 million will renovate 7,000 square feet and add 5,600 square feet to the hospital’s main patient area - Silver Pinyon 04/14/12: Read More

 

NY, Broome County - Broome Community College is getting a $21 million building which will house the college's Natural Science Center, said BCC President Kevin E. Drumm - The Ithaca Journal 04/16/12: Read More

 

NY, Corning - A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the future home of the new $146 million Corning Hospital medical campus at the end of East Corning Road, near Interstate Highway 86 - The Leader 04/18/12: Read More

 

OH, Columbiana - The city has awarded a construction bid for the million-dollar South Main Street improvement project. Council approved this week hiring Parella-Pannunzio Inc., of Youngstown, for the project slated to begin in May. The company submitted the lowest of seven bids, at $1.3 million. Key elements include new curbing and brick pavers, new handicap accessible sidewalks and extending a storm sewer system from the already existing storm sewer at Railroad Street. Three new transformers will also be placed along South Main Street and will feed the electric system underground - Salem News 04/21/12: Read More

 

OH, North Baltimore - An Allen County firm has won an Ohio Department of Transportation contract to build a 2.2-mile State Rt. 18 bypass around North Baltimore. The low bid of just over $5.8 million, submitted by R.D. Jones Excavating Inc. of Harrod, Ohio, was almost 14 percent below the state's cost estimate for the project - Toledo Blade 04/20/12: Read More

 

PA, Philadelphia - A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for a new $60 Million, “Home2 Suites by Hilton” hotel directly across the street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center - CBS Philly 04/17/12: Read More

 

SD, Madison - Federal officials should finish their review of the construction specifications for Madison's new Head Start building at the end of April, allowing Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership to advertise for bids in late May. ICAP officials are looking at a price tag of about $1 million for the construction of a new Head Start facility in downtown Madison - Madison Daily Leader 04/19/12: Read More

 

TN, LaFayette - The city of LaFayette has approved plans for a new terminal at Barwick-LaFayette Airport - Times Free Press 04/18/12: Read More

 

TX, Dallas - This weekend Southern Methodist University will again celebrate new initiatives as it embarks on the groundbreaking of the Residential Commons Friday at 12:30 p.m. near the Doak Walker Plaza on the southeast corner of campus - SMU Daily Campus 04/20/12: Read More

 

TX, Freeport - Dow Chemical Company today announced that the Company will construct a new world-scale ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, TX, as part of Dow's previously announced comprehensive plan to further connect its U.S. operations with cost-advantaged feedstocks available from increasing supplies of U.S. shale gas. "The outlook for advantaged U.S. natural gas was a significant factor in Dow's decision to invest $4 billion to grow our overall ethylene and propylene production capabilities in the U.S. Gulf Coast region," said Jim Fitterling, Dow Executive Vice President and President of Feedstocks & Energy and Corporate Development - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch/Business Wire 04/19/12: Read More

 

TX, Houston, Offshore Gulf of Mexico - Worldwide Power Products (WPP), a power-generation equipment provider to industrial clients worldwide, today announced that Nicklos Drilling selected Worldwide Power Products for emergency replacement of a drilling rig generator. WPP identified a match to Nicklos Drilling’s specifications and shipped it immediately, enabling the contract drilling firm to have it installed and operating in just three days - Houston Chronicle/PR Web 04/17/12: Read More

 

VT, Franklin, Greensboro & Randolph - Central Vermont Public Service Corp. has carved its niche in the renewable energy sector with its Cow Power Program — turning cow manure into methane gas to generate power to the grid. To date, CVPS has 10 dairy farms participating in the program and 3,300 customers. With four more farms soon to come online, CVPS is putting out the word it needs more customers to support the eight-year-old program. The latest farm in the CVPS portfolio is the 1,250-head Four Hills Farm in Bristol, which received Public Service Board approval last week to operate a 525 kilowatt generator. in addition to the Four Hills Farm, three other farms are in the process of coming online: Riverview Farm in Franklin, Maplehurst Farm in Greensboro and the farm at Vermont Technical College in Randolph - Rutland Herald 04/16/12: Read More

 

WA, Electric City - The Grand Coulee Dam, a product of the Great Depression, is getting a major upgrade as federal operators seek to squeeze even more power out of the nation's largest hydroelectric dam. Updating the generating plants will take about 17 months per unit, so one or another of the six power plants will be down for a period of 10 years. The work is estimated to cost more than $300 million - Seattle Times 04/17/12: Read More

 

WA, Lacey - The $2.4 million bid for Lacey’s senior center expansion project was awarded to Jones & Roberts Co. out of Olympia, who had the lowest of 11 bids - The News Tribune 04/14/12: Read More

 

3.  Latin America & Caribbean

 

Americas - The Summits of the Americas are institutionalized gatherings of the heads of state and government of the Western Hemisphere where leaders discuss common policy issues, affirm shared values and commit to concerted actions at the national and regional level to address continuing and new challenges faced in the Americas. The Sixth Summit of the Americas was held in Cartagena, Colombia on April 14-15, 2012 - Summits of the Americas: Access Summit Documents and News --- Access Latest National Report and Archives by Country

 

All Latin America - On March 19 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Export-Import Bank of Korea concluded a USD 1 billion trade financing guarantee contract with the Inter-American Development Bank. As a result of this contract, the Bank will be able to provide Interbank Export Credit for Korean exports to 77 banks in 20 Central and South American countries that IDB provides guarantees for, as well as provide L/C confirmations issued by these banks. The Interbank Export Credit is financing provided by the Bank to local banks so that importers in Central and South America can obtain loans to buy Korean goods - Korea ExIm Bank 04/17/12: Read More --- Continuation of Guarantee Agreement

 

Argentina - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will invest $500 million in Argentina this year, Brazilian Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Friday. Lobao made the statement after meeting with Argentine Planning Minister Julio De Vido, the government-appointed administrator of YPF, to discuss the recent suspension of Petrobras' exploration concession in the province of Neuquen - Economic Times 04/20/12: Read More

 

Bolivia - Bolivia's federal energy company YPFB expects the private sector to inject US$10.1bn into the nation's oil and gas industry by 2016. Speaking at the Latin Oil Week conference in Rio de Janeiro, YPFB president Carlos Villegas outlined details of 15 new oil and gas bidding rounds, the first since president Evo Morales came to power in 2005. The five regions set for exploration are Madre de Dios, Cedro, Huacare, La Guardia and Alegine - Business News Americas 04/18/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Ceará - Brazil's Ceará state utility Cagece has called a four-part tender worth 9.04mn reais (US$4.92mn) to expand potable water supply and sewerage systems in water basins throughout the northeastern state - Business News Americas 04/17/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Outeiro - Asian countries are interested in Pará state dock company CDP's upcoming 1bn-real (US$537mn) concession tender to build and operate a dry bulk terminal at Brazil's Outeiro port, CDP managing director Socorro Pirâmides Soares told BNamericas. "Governments from China, Japan and Korea have expressed interest, which I mainly attribute to the reduced logistics costs the project will bring," Soares said. The Outeiro Ilha de Caratateua port terminal, simply known as Outeiro, will be located approximately 38km from the port of Pará state capital Belem - Business News Americas 04/18/12: Read More

 

Brazil, São Sebastião & Caraguatatuba - Brazil's São Paulo state water utility Sabesp is preparing phase II of its Onda Limpa (clean wave) environmental cleanup program along the state's northern coast, a company spokesperson told BNamericas. "This phase contemplates 270mn reais (US$149mn) in works as part of the company's goal to provide universal sewerage coverage - Business News Americas 04/16/12: Read More

 

Chile, Copiapó - The Chilean government's plan to tackle the severe drought affecting northern region III by building a desalination plant will not be enough to satisfy water demand in the area, according to National Irrigation Commission (CNR) head Felipe Martin. Last month, public works minister (MOP) Laurence Golborne said the government is considering a desalination plant in Copiapó as part of its long-term strategy to address drought, and would work with local utility Aguas Chañar on potable water initiatives. SISS forecasts demand for water will increase 20% by 2016 and 50% by 2030 - Business News Americas 04/18/12: Read More

 

Chile, Santiago - Chile's national energy commission (CNE) is planning to launch a new tender for transmission projects later this year, according to CNE's executive secretary Juan Manuel Contreras. "The idea is to award the projects by the end of this year. The investment plan for the tender is in the region of US$215mn, this will principally be poured into new works," Contreras told journalists on the sidelines of the XI CRU World Copper Conference in Santiago - Business News Americas 04/19/12: Read More

 

Colombia - Colombia expects to sell exploration rights to its large untapped mineral resources next year as part of its effort to attract foreign investment to develop its gold, coal and silver mining sector. Some of the biggest names in commodities, including Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco CODEL.UL, have already expressed an interest in taking part in what the government hopes will turn into an exploration boom, Deputy Mining Minister Henry Medina Gonzalez told Reuters on Monday on the sidelines of the 5th International Exploration Forum held by Cesco in Santiago - Good Morning Colombia 04/18/12: Read More

 

Dominican Republic, Jubey, Boca Chica - The Colorado Rockies broke ground this past Saturday, April 14th on a state of the art Dominican Republic Academy in Jubey, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. Once completed, the academy will be the office and home for all Rockies Latin American operations, including the Rockies Dominican Summer League Team. Latin American Architectural Firm GVA designed the Rockies new Dominican Academy, which is projected to cost approximately $6.0-million. The academy will house approximately 80 players and consist of two buildings. The buildings will include: a full clubhouse, administrative offices, dormitory style living for players, living quarters for staff, training/weight room, cafeteria, entertainment room, computer room and classroom - Colorado Rockies 04/16/12: Read More

 

Dominican Republic, Manzanillo in Montecristi Province - Natural gas, along with renewables, is the Dominican Republic's energy choice to wean the country from oil and its derivatives. The government's gas push has been accompanied by plans to build new LNG infrastructure, including projects envisioned by consortium Complejo GNL del Este, and BW Gas and InterEnergy Holdings. Indeed, the Caribbean nation's national energy commission CNE has granted company Energía 2000 a provisional concession for a 360MW natural-gas fired project - Business News Americas 04/16/12: Read More

 

Mexico, Mexico City - El Alcalde Aarón Rivas Loaiza planteó a la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) el desarrollo de diversos proyectos para puentes y vialidades en la capital de estado, con una inversión aproximada de 260 millones de pesos - CMIC 19/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Mexico, Victoria - Con una inversión de 500 millones de pesos y la generación de 400 empleos se colocó la primera piedra de la tienda Suburbia, mientras se está a la espera de la apertura de HEB y próximamente Walmart - CMIC 17/04/12: Lea Más en Español

 

Peru, Lima - Peru, Korea to sign cooperation agreement for water and sanitation projects. South Korea has provided US$ 200 million to Peru for the implementation of development projects, according to the National Center of Strategic Planning (Ceplan) - Andina 04/13/12: Read More

 

4.  Asia & Oceania

 

All Asia - The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance for the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia - ADB 04/11/12: Read More --- Download Full 298 page, PDF Report: Asian Development Outlook 2012

 

Afghanistan - Officials in the Ministry of Mines of Afghanistan announced Afghanistan has reached to an agreement over transit fees for Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline with the three nations. The statement further added, Afghanistan will receive $400 million annually as transit fees taking into consideration the price of gas in global markets. The $7.6-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank.[1][2][3] The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India - Khaama 04/18/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan - Officials in the Ministry of Mines of Afghanistan said 25 international companies would compete for the exploration and extraction of gold and copper from four reserves. Mohammad Jawad Omar, a spokesman for the ministry, said the companies had been short-listed from among 41 international firms. They will compete for exploring Ghazni and Badakhshan gold mines, as well as Herat and Sar-i-Pul copper mines. The companies from the United States, India, Canada, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Australia met the conditions set by a commission of ministers, he said - Sada- e Azadi 04/19/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland, Gladstone - An accommodation provider company is set to build a large workers' camp in Gladstone in central Queensland. Fleetwood Corporation says the Gladstone Regional Council has accepted its tender to build units to service up to 1,000 people. Several workers' camps are being built in Gladstone to cater for gas and industrial growth - ANC 04/19/12: Read More

 

Australia, Queensland - The difficulties of drilling thousands of small onshore gas wells to supply the huge demands of Gladstone's planned liquefied natural gas export plants, and the stress this could have on domestic supplies, have been highlighted by Santos's plans to drill an extra 4100 wells - The Australian 04/21/12: Read More

 

Australia, Victoria, Latrobe - The Latrobe City Council says it is optimistic the HRL dual gas plant will be built, despite the project facing another setback - ABC Gippsland 04/17/12: Read More

 

China, Dandong - Dandong will make utmost efforts in guaranteeing an increase of new loans of 12 billion yuan ($1.9 billion). The city will also strive to make new enterprises go public with the progression of introducing financial institutions. This will help to ensure the financial stability of the city, according to the Dandong municipal financial work meeting held on April 12, 2012. Loans should be put into the industries that have the potential to boost the economic development of the city. This includes infrastructure, service and tourism. Banks need to make an early schedule and apply for larger scaled credit from the provincial and head offices to satisfy the capital needed for project construction - China Daily 04/18/12: Read More

 

China, Offshore South China Sea - China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC Ltd.) announced Wednesday that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Eni China B.V. (Eni) for a deepwater block in the South China Sea - Xinhua Net 04/11/12: Read More

 

China, Tibet, Lhasa - Construction on the first international convention and exhibition center in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region began on Sunday in the regional capital of Lhasa. Located in Lhasa's Dongcheng District, the Tibet Convention & Exhibition Center will start operating as a major venue for big conferences and festive events in 2014, local officials said. The center covers an area of 33,543 square meters, with a projected investment of about 541 million yuan (86 mln U.S. dollars). The city is also building a five-star hotel and a road network to provide catering services and transportation for the center - Xinhua Net 04/16/12: Read More

 

China, Wuhan - General Motors Co, the world's biggest automaker, is poised to receive approval to build a 7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) factory in China, according to a provincial government statement. The plant, operated by GM's passenger-car venture with SAIC Motor Corp, will have an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles and will be located in the central city of Wuhan, the Hubei Environmental Protection Bureau said on its website. Shanghai GM is satisfied with its current capacity arrangements and has yet to make a decision on building a new factory in Wuhan, said Jerry Ma, a Shanghai-based spokesman - China Daily 04/13/12: Read More

 

India - Power Construction Corporation of China said on Friday it had signed a $2.4 billion contract to build the second phase of a massive coal-fired power complex in southern India that will help meet soaring local demand for electricity. The second phase of the project for India's Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) will include the addition of four generators each with a capacity of 660 megawatts (MW), the Chinese group said on its website - Financial Express 04/13/12: Read More

 

India, Bay of Bengal Offshore - The Oil Ministry has agreed to Reliance Industries' (RIL) plans to survey potential of all the gas discoveries made in the KG-D6 instead of a piecemeal approach. RIL and its partner BP Plc of UK had proposed to undertake concept validation and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for all the 16 finds surrounding the currently producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields in KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block - Business Standard 04/12/12: Read More

 

India, Mumbai - Turkey's Celebi Hava Servisi , a ground handling company, said on Tuesday its Indian unit had made a joint bid in consortium with NAS Aviation Services India Private Limited for a tender to build a domestic cargo terminal at Mumbai's international airport - Reuters 04/17/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Jakarta - Commuter-line operator PT KAI Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ) is planning to build five new train stations and revive three others. KCJ spokesman Makmur Syaheran said on Tuesday that the five stations would be built in Roxy (Central Jakarta), Matraman (East Jakarta), Tomang (West Jakarta), Bandengan (North Jakarta) and Kebon Pedes (Bogor) - The Jakarta Post 04/17/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Papua - State-owned fertilizer producer PT Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company (PIHC) plans to establish a petrochemical plant in Papua with a total investment reaching US$5.2 billion - The Jakarta Post 04/19/12: Read More

 

Mongolia - Mongolia, whose economy grew the fastest last year, will sell new shares in Baganuur JSC (BAN) coal mining company to raise at least 60 billion tugrik ($46 million) to help fund infrastructure projects. Gunsmaa Namgilsuren, a senior specialist at the privatization department of the State Property Committee, said the company needs cash to expand production and upgrade equipment - Bloomberg 04/16/12: Read More

 

Mongolia - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have agreed on a new five-year development assistance strategy that will provide $434 million of loans and technical assistance to help the country diversify its economic activities and narrow the inequality gap. ADB’s Board of Directors endorsed the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) that outlines its support for Mongolia’s efforts to address priority infrastructure gaps, regional economic integration, and access to basic urban services, including water supply, education and health - ADB 04/17/12: Read More

 

Mongolia, South Gobi Region - Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto Sign Omnibus Agreement to Ensure Funding Through to Commercial Production and Additional Expansion at Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold-Silver Project - Business Mongolia 04/18/12: Read More

 

Nepal, Kathmandu - The Nepalese government's go-ahead early this month to construction of a US$1.8 billion dam by China Three Gorges Corp (CTGI), the country's first major hydropower project, may pave the way to other resource projects that will help create jobs and cut poverty in a region dominated by China and India. Nepal has extended a warm welcome to more Chinese hydropower companies to invest in projects worth US$400 billion following the approval of the CTGI contract - Asia Times 04/18/12: Read More

 

New Zealand, Christchurch - The Christchurch Cathedral destroyed by the earthquake in New Zealand's Christchurch is to be replaced by one made of cardboard. The 82-foot high building will be constructed with 104 tubes of cardboard. The structure will be a temporary replacement for the stone one which was ruined last year in an earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed much of the city centre. The Rev. Craig Dixon, a church spokesman, said the temporary cathedral would seat 700 people, cost up to £2.6 million, and would be used for 10 years while a permanent replacement is designed and built - Daily Record 04/16/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Islamabad - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has announced that it has been awarded a contract for establishing a fuel farm, maintenance of hydrant refueling system and refueling operations at the New Benazir Bhutto International Airport (Islamabad) - The International Herald Tribune/The Express Tribune 04/21/12: Read More

 

Pakistan - Provincial budgets for 2012-13 have been estimated at Rs 1.668 trillion against Rs 1.286 trillion for the outgoing fiscal year, it has been learnt. The provincial governments are estimated to receive Rs 217 billion more from the divisible pool in 2012-13 over figures for previous year. The provinces are also estimated to receive Rs 57 billion in grants - Business Recorder 04/18/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Barangay Tungao - he Sangguniang Panlungsod approved a resolution recently authorizing Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. to enter into an agreement for the implementation of a small-scale irrigation project in support to the National High-Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP). In connection with the program, the city government of Butuan will implement the installation and construction of one unit Wind Pump Irrigation System at Km. 7 Farmer’s Cooperative in Barangay Tungao, with a project cost of P350,000, which is envisioned to enhance the agricultural productivity, accelerate development, and improve the economic resources of the small farmers within the HVCDP cluster areas - PIA 04/20/12: Read More

 

Phillipines, Davao City - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) intends to upgrade the capability of airports in the country based on volume of air traffic demands, a DOTC official said Wednesday. He added that DOTC is improving the terminal facilities of the Davao International Airport, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Visayas and Puerto Princesa in Palawan, and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - PIA 04/19/12: Read List of Air Port Projects

 

Philippines, Isabela, Bukidnon, & Cotabato - President Benigno S. Aquino III said government will continue to address the major needs and concerns of hog raisers and pork producers by implementing policies and providing needed support to further develop and strengthen the country’s swine industry, and make it globally competitive. He is delighted to know that some hog raisers have also invested in putting up their own feed mills, and hence he enjoined others to follow suit and establish feed mills near major corn producing areas like Isabela, Bukidnon, and Cotabato. He said hog raisers can avail of needed capital from the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - PIA 04/20/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Mindanao - The National Power Corp. (Napocor) will fast-track the rehabilitation of the Pulangui hydroelectric power plant in a bid to shorten the power gap in Mindanao, the agency said in a statement yesterday. Napocor earmarked P7.11 million for the repair work - BusinessWorld 04/19/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Queson City - Project disbursements by the Department of Public Works and Highways increased by 500 percent during the first quarter of the year to P30 billion, compared to P5 billion during the same period when the agency was reviewing the bidding process. Secretary Rogelio Singson said he had a meeting Thursday with President Benigno Aquino III and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) regional Governor Mujiv Hataman regarding the status of the transition investment support program in the ARMM (TISP-ARMM). “We are implementing 28 projects in ARMM alone with a total cost of P2.8 billion. I don’t think ARMM has ever seen such a massive infrastructure support. The President has approved P8.5 billion [worth of infra support] for ARMM, and P2.8 billion of that is for roads and bridges,” said Singson - PIA 04/20/12: Read More

 

Thailand, Mekong Sub-Region - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra attended the 4th Mekong-Japan Summit under the title: "Cooperation Between Japan and Mekong Region Countries" at Akasaka Palace. What follows is the summary of the meeting that includes: The development of the infrastructure and communication network proves highly significant in driving the regions for success. Thailand has provided assistance to over 20 projects. This year the budget is 883 million yen, or 77 million USD for infrastructure development and technical cooperation - THAI GOV 04/21/12: Read More

 

Turkey, Black Sea - Canadian nuclear technology firm Candu and Turkish state power generator EUAS have signed an Memorandum of Understanding on building a $20 billion (US) nuclear power plant on the Black Sea - AoL Energy 04/20/12: Read More

 

Uzbekistan, Surgil - The Export-Import Bank of Korea announced on March 26 that it plans to provide financing support of USD 1 billion for the Surgil Natural Gas Development and Chemical Plant Construction Project in Uzbekistan, a project participated by eight Korean corporations including the Korea Gas Corporation and Honam Petrochemical Corporation - Korea ExIm Bank 04/17/12: Read More

 

5.  Europe

 

All Europe - Sustainable Energy Markets - On 16 April 2012 the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the EU Council hosted the European Union Sustainable Energy for All Summit. This event brought together high-level representatives from the EU, the UN, developing countries, industry and civil society organizations committed to achieving sustainable energy for all by 2030 - EC/Europa.EU: Read More and Access All Summit Presentations

 

Greece - The European Investment Bank signed today in Athens the Funding Agreement for the creation of a dedicated guarantee fund supporting lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greece.  The Fund is a joint initiative between the Hellenic Republic, the European Commission and the EIB.  Established by using EUR 500 million from unabsorbed Structural Funds for Greece, the Fund will guarantee EIB loans to SMEs via partner banks in Greece totalling up to EUR 1 billion - EIB 04/21/12: Read More

 

Iceland, Reykjavik - Chinese business tycoon Huang Nubo said on Tuesday that his company hopes to sign an agreement to develop a swath of land in northeast Iceland, despite initial setbacks. Last year, Huang's Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group offered $200 million to acquire a piece of land - about 0.3 percent of Iceland's total area – in order to turn it into an eco-tourist resort - China Daily 04/18/12: Read More

 

Russia, Offshore Arctic & Black Sea - Oil major ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and Russia's Rosneft ROSN.M unveiled an offshore exploration partnership on Wednesday that could invest upward of $500 billion in developing Russia's vast energy reserves in the Arctic and Black Sea - Reuters 04/18/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom - Ten of Atlas Copco’s new QAC 1250 transportable 1 MW generators, which set new standards for maximum output and minimum size, have been ordered by Generator Power, the UK’s leading generator hire company - Process and Control Today 04/18/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Lancashire, Whalley - A community project to build an electricity-generating water mill in Lancashire has been granted planning permission. Whalley Community Hydro Limited will now build a power house at Whalley Weir on the River Calder. It will use a fish-friendly Archimedes screw to generate power from the movement of the river - BBC 04/17/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Wales - Tata Steel plans to invest up to 800 million pound in its facilities in Wales over the next five years, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, said in a statement, after returning from a visit to India. Tata Steel has a number of facilities in Wales, and the release did not specify which would receive the investment Business Standard 04/16/12: Read More

 

6.  Middle East & Africa

 

Africa - Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains strong and is poised for lift-off after growing at 4.9 percent in 2011, just shy of the pre-crisis average of 5 percent. Excluding South Africa, which accounts for over a third of the region’s GDP, growth in the rest of region was 5.9 percent, making it one of the fastest growing developing regions, according to a new World Bank report on Africa’s economy - World Bank 04/18/12: Read More

 

Angola - During the opening session of the legislative year, Angola’s president, José Eduardo dos Santos, made reference to 2016 as the year for the stabilisation of energy supply in Angola. In a recent public appearance, the country’s minister of energy and water, João Batista Borges, confirmed that development projects should be implemented until that time, in order to increase fivefold the country’s installed capacity, aiming to create an adequate national grid. The investment is expected to be in the region of US$9 billion, for the installation of generation capacity and US$7.5 billion for the associated transmission system - ESI-Africa 04/18/12: Read More

 

Egypt, Giza - Egypt and the World Bank (WB) signed on Wednesday 11/4/2012 a $ 240 million agreement as part of a broader program to build North Giza Power Project. The power plant will comprise a 1500 MW Combine Cycle Gas Turbine - All Africa 12/04/12: Read More

 

Gulf Coast Countries - The construction sector in the GCC is poised for a rebound, with $286 billion worth of projects set to be awarded between 2012 and 2016, according to research by MEED Projects for the Arabian World Construction Summit 2012 - Construction Shows 04/15/12: Read More

 

Iraq, Nassiriya - Iraq still hopes to award a contract for the development of the 4.4 billion barrel Nassiriya oil field and the construction of a dedicated 300,000 b/d export refinery as one package, Iraqi deputy oil minister Ahmed al-Shamma said Tuesday. Speaking in London at an Iraqi refining conference, Shamma said this was still the preferred option for developing Nassiriya - Platts 04/17/12: Read More

 

Kenya, Nairobi - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) have launched the Menengai geothermal project, designed to produce electricity for 500,000 households and displace two million tons of CO2 per annum. In December 2011, AfDB approved the financing for the project, consisting of a loan of USD 125 million loan from the African Development Fund, AfDB’s concessionary or ‘soft loan’ arm and a combined loan, and grant of USD 25 million from the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), hosted by AfDB - AfDB 04/17/12: Read More

 

Namibia - NamPower managing director Paulinus Shilamba says that the country faces an 80 MW power shortage this winter, and that this deficit will grow to 150 MW by the end of 2013. NamPower has initiated a Short Term Critical Supply Project (STCS) which includes the rehabilitation of its 120 MW Van Eck power station to extend its life by five years, replacement of turbine runners at its Ruacana power station to extend its capacity by 15 MW to 347 MW, and the installation of new machines at its small diesel fired Paratus power station. The utility is investigating the purchase of emergency diesel generators to add 20 MW, with the option of increasing this to 70 MW should cross border supply agreements fail to materialize - ESI-Africa 04/20/12: Read More

 

Qatar, Lusail City - Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC) yesterday announced that the German consultancy company, Dorsch Gruppe, has been awarded the site construction supervision consultancy services for the flagship Lusail City Development. Dorsch Gruppe will be responsible for the construction supervision consultancy services for 11 multi-task construction packages including a variety of engineering disciplines - Gulf Times 04/18/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Jeddah - Kingdom Holding Co. (KINGDOM), Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s investment company, is seeking a loan to help pay for the construction of the world’s tallest tower, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Kingdom Tower, with a height of more than 1,000 meters (3,281 feet), is expected to cost $1.2 billion to build. Construction is expected to be concluded in about five-and-a- half years. The company’s shareholders last month approved a plan to sell as much as 3.75 billion riyals of bonds in Saudi Arabia or outside the country. Saudi Binladen Group, hired to build the tower, has invested 1.5 billion riyals for a 16.6 percent stake in Jeddah Economic Co., the project’s owner - Bloomberg/Businessweek 04/18/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Qurayyah - Taihan Electric Wire Co., South Korea's No. 2 cable maker, said Tuesday that it has clinched a combined US$40.26 million in orders to supply high-voltage power cables to Saudi Arabia. Under a $24.5 million deal, Taihan will supply 380-kilovolt cables to be used for a power generation project in the region of Qurayyah, according to the cable manufacturer - Yonhap News 04/17/12: Read More

 

Tanzania, Kagera River - The cross border 90 MW Rusumo Falls hydroelectric project is expected to cost US$6.4 billion. This will include about US$4 billion for construction of the power generation project, with the remaining funds to be used for the resettlement plan, environment restoration, engineering and setting up of transmission lines. These power transmission lines will connect the plant to the electricity grids of Burundi (Gitega), Rwanda (Shango) and Tanzania (Nyakanazi) - ESI-Africa 04/18/12: Read More

 

Tanzania, Singida - Tanzania has secured a US$123 million loan to construct a wind energy plant in its central region. The wind turbine project expects to extend power generation by up to 300 MW. The planned wind farm in Singida will mean that power-dependent industries in the region will soon be provided with locally generated electricity. The managing director of the state-run National Development Corporation (NDC), Gideon Nasari, confirmed the parastatal has secured the non-concessional loan from Exim Bank of Beijing, China - ESI-Africa 04/19/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Engineering and construction firm Punj Lloyd has bagged a contract from Horizon Terminals, an Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) subsidiary, to build a bulk oil terminal. The terminal inside the Jebel Ali Free Zone, along with a 60 km jet fuel pipeline to the Dubai International Airport, will have state-of-the-art oil terminal facilities with storage tanks capacity of 141,000 cubic metres, ENOC said in a statement - Business Standard: Read More

 

 

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All United States - Current Economic Conditions - Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that the economy continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace from mid-February through late March. Activity in the Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco Districts grew at a moderate pace, while Cleveland and St. Louis cited modest growth. New York reported that economic growth picked up somewhat. Philadelphia and Richmond cited improving business conditions. The economy in Minneapolis grew at a solid pace and Kansas City's economy expanded at a faster pace - Federal Reserve 04/11/12: Read the Full Beige Book Report from all Districts --- Download 12 Districts Full PDF Report

 

AZ, Tucson - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today participated in the groundbreaking of a new $196.6 Million, 3.9-mile modern streetcar line project that will directly connect thousands of commuters with Tucson’s major downtown employers, health care facilities, the University of Arizona and regional attractions - DOT 04/12/12: Read More

 

AZ, Yuma - Once again Yuma is receiving the lion's share of funding awarded by the Arizona Commerce Authority through its Rural Economic Development Grant Program. The $1.5 million awarded to eight recipients will be leveraged to create up to 180 new jobs - Yuma Sun 04/13/12: Read List of Grant Awards

 

CA, Mecca - It's been almost six years since a crumbling church roof at Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe forced parishioners outside to worship in the heat and the cold without a real sanctuary. The pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert committed last week to providing most of the estimated $3 million needed to build a permanent church in Mecca - My Desert 04/09/12: Read More

 

CA, Turlock - Blue Diamond Growers, a cooperative owned by more than half of California's almond growers, officially launched phase 1 of its new manufacturing plant in Turlock, Calif. at an onsite groundbreaking ceremony. The 88-acre property is located at N. Washington and Fulkerth Roads. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in May 2013. It will provide about 200,000 square feet of building space for manufacturing and delivering new almond products worldwide. The three-phased project will eventually yield a total of about 500,000 square feet of building space over the next 15 years - Vending Market Watch 04/13/12: Read More

 

Canada, Offshore St John’s in the Jeanne d'Arc basin - US ExxonMobil has awarded Australia’s Worley Parsons the topsides contract for its Hebron oil and gas development in the Atlantic Ocean, off Canada. The award comes as a result of ExxonMobil exercising its option to award Worley Parsons the detailed engineering, procurement and construction services contract after the Australian company carried out the front-end engineering and design work on the topsides. Worley Parsons said it would work with US Engineering Company Fluor to provide overall project management of the contract, with sub-contracts to be awarded to multiple third parties. The company estimated its portion of the service revenue under the EPC contract to be $360 million over five years - UpStream 04/11/12: Read More

 

Canada, SK, Moose Jaw - The planned site for the city’s new regional hospital was announced from the sixth floor solarium of the aging Moose Jaw Union Hospital on Friday afternoon. Representatives from the provincial health ministry and Five Hills Health Region were present to reveal the location to local media. The vacant property is adjacent to the Western Development Museum - Times Herald/MJ Times 04/13/12: Read More

 

CO, Costilla County - The Costilla County Public Health Agency will receive Bids for the Costilla County TEFAP Facility Renovation Project until 9:00 AM on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at the Costilla County Commissioners Board Room, 352 Main Street, San Luis, Colorado 81152, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids are invited upon the following scope of work: Complete interior renovation and limited exterior renovation of an existing single story 2,466 square foot commercial building, new construction of an attached single story 400 square foot building addition, new HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, back-up generator and limited site flatwork - Alamosa News/Valley Courier 04/10/12: Read More

 

FL, Bellair Shore - Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies received approval for the construction of a 17,500-square foot home in Belleair Shore, Fla., which is less than 10 miles from the Phillies' spring training home in Clearwater. Crossing Broad, a Philly-based blog, estimates the value of the home could approach $23 million - USA Today 04/12/12: Read More

 

GA, Floyd County - The Floyd County Commission is expected to award the bid Tuesday for construction of a utility trench at one of the emergency communications system tower sites. The $27 million state-of-the-art digital radio system will have 10 towers scattered around the county when it is completed in January 2013 - Rome News-Tribune 04/09/12: Read More

 

Gulf of Mexico, Offshore - ​BHP Billiton today announced approval for US$708 million (BHP Billiton share) in precommitment funding for the Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The funding will facilitate detailed engineering and the procurement of long lead time items related to the hull, topsides and subsea equipment. The Mad Dog Phase 2 project is based on successful appraisal drilling which confirmed significant hydrocarbons in the southern portion of the Mad Dog field. The proposed project includes the development of a second spar facility with all subsea production and injection wells. The new facility is estimated to have a design capacity of approximately 130,000 barrels of oil per day that will be exported via the Mardi Gras Pipelines under existing agreements - BH Billiton 04/11/12: Read More

 

IA, Knoxville - The Knoxville School Board approved the plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of the total cost of construction for the Knoxville High School auditorium Monday night - Journal Express 04/10/12: Read More

 

IL, Greene County - The Greene County Board will try again to obtain bids for a back-up generator for the courthouse. The county has a grant to cover the cost, but it did not receive any bids when it advertised recently. The board authorized advertising again - The Telegraph 04/13/12: Read More

 

IL, Wheaton - Wheaton city staff will recommend the Planning and Zoning Board's approval of a planned unit development (PUD) for a proposed 4 story, senior housing development in Wheaton by Supportive Living Services - Wheaton Patch 04/10/12: Read More

 

KS, El Dorado - Construction on the new middle school will begin Monday following the approval of the El Dorado Middle School bids by the USD 490 Board of Education Wednesday evening. The EMS project came in under budget. Nabholz Construction was asking for $18,061,788, which included the building, site, insurance fee and construction manager contingency - El Dorado Time 04/12/12: Read More

 

LA, Slidell - Slidell's government is going to pay about $600,000 to replace the backup energy supply at the former Defense Information Systems Agency building following the equipment's failure during a recent power outage. The 100,000-square-foot facility at 1010 Gause Blvd. is owned and managed by the city, and Textron Land & Marine Systems leases space in it for its headquarters - The Times-Picayune 04/13/12: Read More

 

MA, Boston - The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved plans today for a 197-unit apartment complex near the Southie convention center. Hub developer Cresset Development and New York-based real estate investment manager Clarion Partners will put up a pair of six-story buildings at 411 D St. with mid-priced rentals geared toward workers - Boston Herald/BizSmart 04/12/12: Read More

 

MA, Devens - The Devens Enterprise Commission gave the proposed Devens regional emergency dispatch center on Barnum Road the green light on April 5. The shared dispatching facility will initially serve Devens, Harvard, Lancaster and Lunenburg. Marc-Aurele said the facility will be designed to handle the pooled police and fire dispatching needs for up to 10 communities. MassDevelopment is to retain ownership of the building and lease the space to the Nashoba Valley Regional Emergency Communications Center (NVRECC) collaborative. Outside the building, there will be a standby generator installed on a cement pad which would be tested weekly but otherwise not used unless there was a power outage - Nashoba Publishing 04/13/12: Read More

 

MI, Detroit - Dan's Excavating of Shelby Township will begin construction on the Gateway Project in southwest Detroit as early as Monday. Dan's Excavating was the lowest bidder, and will complete the long-delayed $230 million Gateway Project at the Ambassador Bridge - Shelby-Utica Patch 04/13/12: Read More

 

MN, Fergus Falls - Ebert Construction is set to begin work on the new Fergus Falls Police Station - WDAY 6TV/970am Radio 04/09/12: Read More

 

NC, Brunswick & Pender Counties - The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to replace seven bridges in Brunswick County and two bridges in Pender County. The $8.3 million contract went to S.T. Wooten Corp. of Wilson. Work may begin as early as April 30, with project completion due by Nov. 1, 2015 - WWAY 3TV 04/09/12: Read More

 

NC, Durham - The Public Works Department received notice on Tuesday that the N.C. Department of Transportation will support awarding a $7.5 million bridge construction contract to the only company that bid for the job. DOT’s decision came eight days after the City Council voted 6-0 to give the contract to Blythe Construction - Herald-Sun 04/11/12: Read More

 

ND, West Fargo - The school board voted 6-0 to award $2.36 million in bids for athletic facilities at the Sheyenne High School/Liberty Middle School site. Peterson Cos. of Chisago City, Minn., won the general construction contract with alternate bids for scoreboards, softball bleachers and added irrigation for $1,990,213. Scott’s Electric of Wahpeton, N.D., won the electrical construction contract, with alternates for scoreboards and softball field lights at $373,925 - Inforum 04/09/12: Read More

 

NE, Gothenburg - A North Platte company received the bid to enlarge and renovate the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s office and shop in Gothenburg. Wayne Dowhower Construction submitted the low bid of $1.98 million for the project, which will include a 9,000-square-foot addition to the existing maintenance shop, construction of a steel storage building, renovation and expansion of the existing office area, and paving and fencing for the property - Gothenburg Times 04/12/12: Read More

 

NE, Imperial - Board members of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) accepted a $2.142 million bid for the construction of a 4.6-mile pipeline to feed water into Rock Creek and eventually into the Republican River. During their regular meeting April 3 in Imperial, the board selected the bid for $2,142,360 from Garney Companies, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., to build the pipeline. Miller & Associates of Kearney, the engineering firm for the project, oversaw the bid process for the URNRD. Chris Miller said they have drilled several test wells to determine where best to locate four new wells needed to supply augmentation water - Imperial Republican 04/12/12: Read More

 

NJ, Cape May - With its 2012 budget approved, it’s time for the city to go shopping and to continue needed repairs on 85-year-old City Hall, the former Cape May High School. City Manager Bruce MacLeod said money has been set aside for a generator that will supply power during an outage, so wells 5 and 7 can continue to operate. A generator on site feeds the desal “skids”, the Department of Public Works complex and Well 6 - Cape May County Herald 04/07/12: Read of Other Budget Projects

 

NJ, Franklin Lakes - The Planning Board last week unanimously approved a proposal by United Water to build a 6-million-gallon storage tank on Shadow Ridge Road. The utility is further compensating the county by constructing a 24-foot-by-48-foot pump station adjacent to the tank to pump water to the county's Saddle Ridge Riding Center at the end of Shadow Ridge Road. Utility representatives say the pump station, which will feature a back-up generator, also will accommodate about 130 residents in the vicinity - Franklin Lakes-Oakland Suburban News 04/12/12: Read More

 

NJ, New Providence Borough - In other business the Council approved action that will allow Ray Cooney from the Elisabeth Barabash Manor to look for bids for a generator for the senior citizen housing in the event of a natural disaster. The generator, which would cost a total of $61,500 with labor, would be installed to operate the elevators as well as two plugs per room and emergency lighting - Summit Patch 04/10/12: Read More

 

NJ, Oradell - After years of sharing office space in the Oradell Police Department, Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Derek Kahill will be getting his own office by next week, though this time he will share it with the Recreation Department. "One thing I'm working on currently is a back-up generator for borough hall," Kahill said. "The bid specs should be completed soon and then we can get started." - River Dell Patch 04/11/12: Read More

 

NV, Fallon - It's going to bring a big boost to Churchill County. On Wednesday, officials broke ground for a state-of-the-art dairy production facility. The plant will be located at Fallon's New River Business Park. The Dairy Farmers of America's greenfield dairy manufacturing facility will be the first of its kind in the industry, with the ability to produce dried dairy ingredients, such as whole milk powder, on a demand basis - KOLO TV 04/12/12: Read More

 

NY, Corning - With an environmental review completed and approved, and financing shaping up, Corning Community College’s plans to build a 322-room dorm on campus are on track. The financing a bond of up to $16 million will be handled primarily through Five Star Bank, with additional arrangements through Chemung Canal Trust Company and Elmira Savings and Loan - The Leader 04/13/12: Read More

 

NY, New York, Manhattan - Jewish Home Lifecare has received approval from the New York City Planning Commission to build a new, 20 story, high-rise nursing home on Manhattan’s West 97th Street overcoming a major hurdle to the project - The Jewish Week 04/10/12: Read More

 

NY, Watertown - Town of Watertown Assistant Fire Chief Ralph A. Green Jr. said commissioners arrived at a lowest building cost of about $2.3 million after the lowest bids of four categories were totaled for the 13,000-square foot, four-bay fire station at County Route 202 and Route 12F. The lowest bid for general construction came in at $1,714,000, mechanical at $242,000 from Burns Brothers Contractors, Potsdam, plumbing at $144,000 from Burns Brothers Contractors, Potsdam and electrical at $165,600 from S.C. Spencer Electric, Constableville - Newzjunky 04/12/12: Read More

 

OH, Steubenville - Two local companies expressed official interest Wednesday afternoon in securing a contract for a $3 million upgrade of the city's wastewater plant. The Cattrell Cos. of Toronto submitted the low bid of $3,107, 490. The Grae-Con Construction Co. of Steubenville offered a $3,464,715 bid for the project. City Engineer Michael Dolak said the two bids will be reviewed by city officials and the firm designing the project - Herald Star 04/12/12: Read More

 

OH, Tipp City - Abbott Laboratories will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for its new nutrition manufacturing facility in Tipp City. Abbott officials said the company will invest $270 million and employ about 240 people at the facility, bringing new infrastructure and jobs to Miami County - Dayton Daily News 04/13/12: Read More

 

OK, Durant - The city of Durant has been awarded a FEMA grant in the amount of $950,000 to construct a new Durant Regional Emergency Operations center, announced Grants Coordinator Becca Parr during the meeting of the Durant City Council on Tuesday. The council also approved a memorandum of understanding between the city of Durant and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) relating to a $300,000 gift from King’s Daughters and Sons Nursing Home. The funds are to “be used as seed money to obtain a grant to construct a new Senior Citizens Center, replacing the old building located at Sixteenth Avenue and Beech Street.” - Durant Democrat 04/12/12: Read More

 

PA, Washington County - The Meadows Racetrack and Casino is making a $25 million investment that will include by 2014 the largest hotel in Washington County, an event and convention center and a retail complex on its North Strabane property - Pittsburgh Business 04/13/12: Read More

 

SC, Rock Hill - Discount retailer Ross Stores Inc. will invest $150 million for a new distribution and warehousing center in Rock Hill that’s expected to create 600 jobs over five years, officials said Wednesday. The facility will span 1.2 million square feet and ship merchandise to Ross Dress for Less and retail stores in 30 states - Herald Online 04/12/12: Read More

 

SD, Madison - Henry Carlson and Co., the construction manager for the Madison High School renovation project should start advertising for construction bids within the next two weeks - Madison Daily Leader 04/12/12: Read More

 

VA, Front Royal - A Winchester firm submitted a low base bid of $55.674 million for the RSW Regional Jail Thursday. The bid appears to put Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. of Winchester in a solid position to be chosen officially as contractor for the project by the Regional Jail Authority - NV Daily 04/12/12: Read More

 

VA, Norfolk & Portsmouth - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a $422 million loan to help provide congestion relief to drivers in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., by providing credit assistance for the construction of a new Midtown Tunnel and rehabilitating existing tunnels to provide congestion relief to area drivers. The project, estimated at a total cost of $2.1 billion, includes the construction of a second Midtown Tunnel that will run parallel to the existing one, rehabilitation of the existing Midtown and two Downtown tunnels, and extension of the Martin Luther King Freeway, including a partial interchange to provide an additional connection - DOT 04/13/12: Read More

 

WI, Hudson - The Hudson City Council on Monday night approved final development plans for a 640,000-square-foot Uline Shipping Supply Specialists distribution center - Hudson Star Observer 04/13/12: Read More

 

WI, Milwaukee - A 20-story hotel for the Potawatomi Bingo Casino won the Milwaukee Common Council's approval Wednesday. The 380-room hotel would stand in front of the casino, 1721 W. Canal St. It would feature a 180-seat casual dining restaurant, a spa and a four-story parking structure. Forest County Potawatomi Community officials estimate the $97.5 million project would create 1,000 construction jobs and 230 permanent hotel jobs - Journal Sentinel 04/11/12: Read More

 

WY, Cheyenne - Monday was a big day in Wyoming’s courtship of the data center industry. State officials are hoping that Microsoft’s decision to build a new $112 million data center near Cheyenne will help make Wyoming a major destination for future projects - Data Center Knowledge 04/10/12: Read More

 

3.  Latin America & Caribbean

 

Bahamas, Islands of San Salvador & Inagua - The Bahamas has signed a pair of contracts for roads projects on the islands of San Salvador and Inagua. In Inagua, the government signed a $3.85 million contract with Symonette Enterprises to reconstruct and repair roads in Matthew Town - Caribbean Journal 04/09/12: Read More

 

Barbados, Bridgetown - Barbados to build first waste to energy plant at major landfill. This was announced by the island’s Minister of the Environment and Drainage, Dr Denis Lowe, as he disclosed that Cabinet had recently approved BDS$377 million for the creation of a Mangrove Pond Green Energy Complex - Caribbean 360 04/12/12: Read More

 

Brazil - Recent Remarks by World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick on Opportunities for Investment and Investing in Opportunities in Northeastern Brazil. In line with President Rousseff’s program to eradicate extreme poverty, the World Bank envisages some $3.7 billion in loans to the Northeast for this fiscal year, ending June 30th, and next. The IFC is also doubling its Northeast program in line with its strategic focus on frontier regions. The IFC program has 28 projects in the Northeast, amounting to $280 million and 13 percent of the IFC’s non-trade finance portfolio - World Bank: Read Mr. Zoellick's speech as he outlines Projected Project Funding

 

Brazil - Yoo, the luxury property company that counts Jade Jagger and Kelly Hoppen among its creative directors, is opening in Brazil as the London-based firm looks to crack Latin America. Yoo, which has designed 10,000 homes in more than 30 cities, is looking to develop projects for the super-wealthy in increasingly lucrative South American economies. It already has schemes in Uruguay and Argentina - The Independent 04/08/12: Read More

 

Brazil, Curitiba - A diretoria do BNDES aprovou financiamento de R$ 373,5 milhões à Renault do Brasil para o programa trienal de engenharia da empresa e algumas iniciativas sociais. Os recursos do BNDES, que correspondem a 67% dos investimentos totais, são provenientes do Programa BNDES de Apoio à Engenharia (BNDES Proengenharia) e do Programa de Sustentação do Investimento (BNDES PSI), no seu subprograma Inovação - BNDES 12/04/12: Leia mais em Português

 

Brazil, Pernambuco State, Recife - Northeastern Brazil's Pernambuco State Water Utility Compesa will launch a tender this month for a 4.3bn-real (US$2.36bn) public-private partnership (PPP) for sanitation service improvements in the metropolitan region of state capital Recife - Business News Americas 04/13/12: Read More

 

Brazil, São Paulo - O Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) aprovou financiamento de R$ 35 milhões a dois projetos da Natura Cosméticos S/A. Um deles, no valor de R$ 17,45 milhões, terá os recursos aplicados no desenvolvimento de novos produtos. O outro, no valor de R$ 17,5 milhões, será destinado à instalação de um Centro de Distribuição em São Paulo (SP). As operações acontecem no âmbito das linhas BNDES FINEM Inovação Produção e BNDES PSI Inovação - BNDES 10/04/12: Leia mais em Português

 

Cayman Islands, South Sound - The so-called “backup plan” for the site of the proposed Emerald Sound development has been approved by the Central Planning Authority. In its meeting 29 February, the board favourably considered the application for a 23-lot subdivision and excavation on 88 acres off South Sound Road, east of Bel Air Drive. The plans for the “Adagio Community Subdivision” include residential lots and two lakes, plus the inland relocation of South Sound Road that was also part of the Emerald Sound proposal – a canal development with 81 houses and 160 apartments – Compass Cayman 04/13/12: Read More

 

Cuba - Officials from China's Lukang Pharmaceutical Company and Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology signed an agreement calling for collaboration in the area of manufacturing and marketing biotech products. Also, Cuba's Ministry of Information and Communications and China's Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd said they wanted to develop bilateral trade - GOV.cn 04/10/12: Read More

 

Guyana - With increasing demand for Guyana’s bauxite, the country’s government has established a Bauxite Development Unit within the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The decision was taken in light of the expanded investment by Bauxite Company of Guyana and Bosai Minerals Group, along with the impending First Bauxite at Bonasika, with an investment of more than $120 million - Caribbean Journal 04/10/12: Read More

 

Guyana, Amaila Falls - Under the Ministry of Public Works, three bids were submitted yesterday for the Amaila Falls road and transmission line clearing project (Section Seven) – Kuribrong River Bank to Amaila Falls Approach- at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).
Sithe Global, the developers of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, had chosen the China Railway First Group Company Limited to build the hydro plant in northwestern Guyana. This same contractor has also now placed a bid for a section of the road leading to Amaila Falls. This section involves virgin forest and is deemed the most challenging aspect of the road - With an engineer’s estimate of $979,491,800 which was submitted by SRKN’gineering Consultants, the bids are as follows - Blacknet 04/12/12: Read List of Bids

 

Mexico - Mining Markets - Overall investments in Mexico's mining sector during the 2007-12 period are expected to surpass US$23bn, national mining chamber Camimex's head Sergio Almazán said during a presentation at the Expomin 2012 convention in Chilean capital Santiago. Preliminary figures estimate a total investment of US$21.3bn for the period but Almazán highlighted the strong possibility that the actual amounts will be higher, with approximately US$10bn anticipated for 2011-12. There are currently 320 mining companies operating in Mexico and at least 738 exploration projects, some of which are in the construction phase, according to the presentation - Business News Americas 04/11/12: Read More --- Access all: Expomin 2012 Presentations in Spanish

 

Peru - Peru will continue to be the largest recipient of Spanish development cooperation funding in South America and would become the largest one throughout Latin America this year, Spanish Ambassador to Peru Juan Carlos Sanchez Alonso said Saturday. Spain will provide between 60 and 70 million euros annually in financing for development projects, he told Andina news agency - Andina 04/07/12: Read More

 

Peru, Moquegua - Canadian-based Lara Exploration said it's partner, Network Exploration, has defined 14 priority drill targets on its Picha copper-silver project, located in Moquegua, with diamond drilling expected to commence once permits have been approved by the Peruvian government - Andina 04/08/12: Read Details

 

4.  Asia & Oceania

 

All Asia - Irrigation Markets - The Asian Development Bank is sponsoring the Asian Irrigation Forum taking place 04/11 to 13, 2012. Irrigated agriculture has been the backbone of rural development in Asia. About 70% of the world’s irrigated area is in Asia. The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, released by the International Water Management Institute in 2007, noted that “the challenge for irrigated agriculture in this century is to improve equity, reduce environmental damage, increase ecosystem services, and enhance water and land productivity in existing and new irrigated systems.” - Read More and access ADB Water Programs ---- Access and Read Irrigation Forum PDF Presentations

 

Afghanistan -  An Afghan Ministry of Mines delegation will tour Australia in coming weeks on an industry roadshow to convince Australian mining companies that the opportunities for mineral exploitation outweigh the security risks. Afghanistan is sitting on enormous mineral wealth. A review of Soviet-era survey data by the US Geological Survey estimates oil reserves of three billion barrels, 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and significant copper, gold, iron ore, gemstone and lithium deposits. The survey valued the country’s known natural resources at about $US1 trillion ($970bn), although Mr Shahrani says it could be three times that amount given only 30 per cent of Afghan territory has been surveyed - Mil-Tech News/The Australian 04/09/12: Read More

 

Afghanistan - A Sail-led consortium is bidding for copper and gold reserves in mineral-rich Afghanistan, the government said today. Another consortium led by the same PSU has already been selected by the government of the war-torn country to develop its rich Hajigak iron ore mines. SAIL-led consortium and Afghanistan government are likely to ink a final pact in May to develop Hajigak iron ore mines and set up steel and power plants there. After winning the bid in November, SAIL Chairman C S Verma had said the consortium plans to set up a 6.12 million tonne per annum steel plant, subject to Afghan government making available linkages for coking coal and limestone, an 800 MW power plant and build necessary infrastructure for $ 10.8 billion - The Economic Times/India Times 04/12/12: Read More

 

Australia - Industry Minister Greg Combet has reaffirmed the Federal Government will take action to ensure Australian manufacturers can bid for major projects, particularly in the resources sector. He says from July, projects with more than $20 million of federal funding will have to include an Australian industry participation plan, as will all major resource projects worth more than $2 billion. Mr Combet says the plan will help share the benefits of the mining boom. "Businesses are going to have to be competitive to be successful, but they will have access to market information in a way that previously... they haven't had access to," he said - ABC News 04/11/12: Read More

 

Australia, Melbourne - A sculpted glass skyscraper planned for the corner of Queen and Bourke Streets will be Melbourne's second tallest residential tower once it is built. The proposed 65-level sheer-glass building will contain retail space, offices and 555 apartments that rise 207 metres into the air, about 90 metres below Melbourne's tallest, the Eureka Tower. Designed by architects Elenberg Fraser, the thin undulating glass construction will stretch beyond other notable office skyscrapers nearby - The Sydney Morning Herald 04/09/12: Read More

 

Australia, Offshore Kimberley Coast - Oil giants Woodside Petroleum and Shell are about to launch a $350 million drilling campaign within 10km of the Rowley Shoals, a premier diving spot off the Kimberley coast that the West Australian government says is "one of the most pristine marine areas in the world" - The Australian/The Kimberley Coast 04/11/12: Read More

 

Central Asia & China - Iran is planning to build a new pipeline to export natural gas to Central Asia and China, as it faces sanctions from former buyers in the European Union. The new pipeline is currently being considered in Teheran, and would run through Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to China - BNE 04/13/12: Read More

 

China - Elder Care Market - Many countries face policy challenges related to the well-being of their aging populations, and China is no different. What distinguishes it is that rapid population aging is occurring in society at a significantly lower income level than in OECD or East Asian countries. How the country manages the aging of its population will be one of the major challenges it faces in coming decades, the success of which will have implications for not only China but also the whole world, says a new World Bank report released recently - World Bank 04/09/12: Read More --- Download 170 page, Full PDF Report: Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China: Challenges and Prospects

 

China, Bartın - Turkey’s Hattat Holding and Chinese China Avic International Holding agreed to cooperate in engineering, purchasing and construction of a 1,320-MW thermic power plant to be built in the northern Turkish province of Bartın. The project costs about $1.5 billion. Also, Turkey’s Demkor Mining Industry & Trade Limited Company and Beijing houugang International Engineering Technology initialled an agreement on technology transfer, project design and construction. The project is worth $ 500 million. Moreover, Turkey’s Sun Group and China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co. (CRSBG) are planning to co-produce iron bridge materials and railway equipment to be sold in Turkey and surrounding countries. Turkey’s Akfel Group and China Sun Energy also signed an agreement worth $350 million to produce solar panels in Turkey. Furthermore, Turkish construction magnate Ali Ağaoğlu also signed a deal with China’s largest turbine producer Sinovel for a 600 MW power plant with a $1 billion investment - Hurriyet Daily News 04/11/12: Read More

 

China, Hebei Province - Fonterra plans to spend $100 million building two more farms in China's Hebei Province in the first of several farming hubs to service the world's most populous nation. Chief executive Theo Spierings said the dairy exporter wants to set up an integrated milk business in China as it seeks to tap into the growing middle class demand for high protein food. Speaking at the official opening of Fonterra's second farm in China's Yutian County, Mr Spierings said the extra two farms would create the first hub in the country with a herd size of some 15,000 milking cows producing 150 million litres a year. "Our intention is to develop separate farming hubs across China, with the ultimate goal of producing up to one billion litres of high quality milk every year by 2020," he said. That indicates Fonterra wants to have about 33 farms with a herd of some 100,000 cows in China by 2020 - Financial Review 04/12/12: Read More

 

Hong Kong, Offshore South China Sea - China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's biggest marine oil producer, signed a production-sharing contract on Wednesday with Eni China BV for a deepwater block in the South China Sea. CNOOC said in a statement that Eni will conduct three-dimension seismic surveys and drill one exploration well in the block and cover all expenditures during the exploration period - China Daily 04/12/12: Read More

 

India, Bangalore - Architectural and interior design consultancy firm Della Tecnica is planning to set up villa projects in five cities in next three years with an investment of around Rs 1,500 crore, a top company official said. "After receiving an encouraging response to our villa project in Lonavala in Pune, we now plan to set up five more in major cities like Bangalore, National Capital Region (NCR), Kolkata, Indore and Ahmedabad in next three years," Della Tecnica Chairman and Managing Director Jimmy R Mistry said, adding that the company will invest around Rs 1,500 crore for these launches - Business- Standard 04/11/12: Read More

 

India, Chennai - Ingersoll Rand, on Wednesday, said it would set up a new manufacturing plant in Chennai with an investment of $22 million. Besides, the industrial solutions provider announced its entry into the domestic consumer durables market by introducing high-end split air-conditioners and electronic door-locking systems for the residential sector - The Hindu 04/12/12: Read More

 

India, Dahej, Gujarat - Chemicals producer BASF India on Wednesday said it will invest Rs. 1,000 crore to set up a new production facility at Dahej in Gujarat. With this new production plant, BASF aims to ensure local supply for growing markets and industries such as appliances, footwear, automotive, construction, adhesives, architectural coatings, paper and personal care - The Wall Street Journal/Live Mint 04/11/12: Read More

 

India, Ghatmapur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh - The government today approved the state-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation's (NLC) proposed joint venture to set up a Rs 10,000 crore thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh. The company has initiated the process for entering into an MoU with Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) for setting up the plant with 50:50 equity participation - Business-Standard 04/12/12: Read More

 

India, Meja, Raghunathpur & Solapur - The booming Indian power plant market has been penetrated. Hitachi Power Europe GmbH (HPE) and its joint venture partner BGR Energy will supply six 660 MW utility steam generators ("boilers") for three coal power plants on the Indian sub-continent. HPE and BGR Energy were successful in the bidding procedure of state energy supplier NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) - The Wall Street Journal/Market Watch 04/09/12: Read More

 

India, Rajasthan - Supporting U.S. jobs at companies in eight states, the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved an $80.32 million direct loan for the purchase of concentrated solar power technology by Reliance Power, Ltd. in Rajasthan, India. The project, "Rajasthan Sun Technique Energy Private Limited," is a subsidiary of Reliance Power and is being co-financed by the Asian Development Bank and FMO, the Dutch development bank - EXIM.gov 04/13/12: Read Details with List of US Companies potentially involved in the transaction

 

India, Tamil Nadu - Oil trader Trafigura has made its first move into refining in Asia, investing up to $130 million for a 24 percent stake in Nagarjuna Oil Corp Ltd's (NOCL) planned refinery in Tamil Nadu and replacing BP as NOCL's crude supplier - SIFY 04/12/12: Read More

 

India, Uttar Pradesh, Ambika Soni - The cabinet has approved state-run Neyveli Lignite Corp's proposal to set up 1,980 megawatt power project in Uttar Pradesh, Ambika Soni, Information and Broadcasting Minister, told reporters on Thursday - Reuters 04/12/12: Read More

 

Indonesia, Jakarta - Benoy has announced their intention to conduct a master-planning and feasibility study for a 3.9 hectare site in Jakarta’s central business district. The project will introduce a new, world class concept in city living, working, shopping and entertainment. Benoy has also announced a deal to develop a world-class arts venue in Jakarta - UKTI 04/12/12: Read of other UK Deals in Indonesia

 

Malaysia, Pekan - Aker Solutions will build a new state-of-of-the-art umbilical manufacturing plant in Pekan, Malaysia, to meet the anticipated growth and the needs of their Asia Pacific customers. The total investment of USD 60 million will expand Aker Solutions' manufacturing capacity and strengthen their position as a leading producer of steel tube umbilicals - The Nordic Page 04/13/12: Read More

 

Mongolia - Oil & Gas Markets - Business-Mongolia has prepared a list of Oil Exploration and Production Companies in Mongolia - Business Mongolia: Review List of Companies

 

Pakistan, Guddu, Sindh - The government has planned to install a new 747-megawatt combined cycle power plant at Guddu in Sindh in order to enhance power production for meeting future requirements. According to details, the project will comprise a 747MW combined cycle power plant consisting of two gas turbines of 243MW each, two heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine of 261MW and associated equipment - The Express Tribune 04/06/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Tarbela Dam - The World Bank will provide about $850 million for the fourth Tarbela Extension Project. The project is expected to be completed in four years, and will generate an additional 1,410 megawatts (MW) of electricity - Pak Tribune 04/06/12: Read More

 

Pakistan, Thar Coal Field - Pakistan to tap coal riches to avert energy crisis. The Pakistan government this year declared the Thar Coal Fields as a Special Economic Zone, with tax breaks and incentives to lure investors to develop coal gasification and mining as part of its strategy to fill the energy gulf. The supply-demand power gap at peak hours reached over 5,000 MW in financial year 2011, the ADB report said - The International Herald Tribune 04/13/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Barangay Patin-ay - The construction of a P15-million worth of irrigation system starts after a ground-breaking ceremony and memorandum of agreement (MOA) was executed between the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the provincial government, the local government unit (LGU) of Prosperidad, Barangay Patin-ay, and the Barangay Patin-ay Irrigators' Association (BPIA) - PIA 04/12/12: Read More

 

Philippines, Mindanao - The Department of Energy today conducted the Mindanao Power Summit on Friday to provide better understanding on the reasons of the looming power crisis and the possible short-term and long-term solutions to address the given concern. “Mindanao hydrothermal, geothermal and coal power plants as of this moment lack (the capacity) to meet peak demand of power since their equipment are already old and needs to be repaired or even replaced, thus, the government have already allocated some P2 Billion to address repairs and maintenance of these equipment,” Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said - PIA.gov 04/13: Read More --- Watch the President: as he deliver his speech at the Mindanao Power Summit via Livestream Video

 

Philippines, Mindanao, General Santos City - Daily rotating brownouts are expected to worsen in this city and two provinces in Southwestern Mindanao due to supply deficiency as stakeholders prepare for a summit to address the lack of adequate power supply in the island, an official said yesterday. Crisanto C. Sotelo, South Cotabato Electric Cooperative 2 (Socoteco-2) technical services department chief, said the local power distributor will be forced to implement a two-hour service interruption -- from the current one-hour curtailment -- due to a 20-megawatt (MW) deficiency. Mr. Hebrona cited the impact of power lack to cold storage facilities of tuna firms, with operational costs rising due to the use of generator sets to power up cold storage facilities - Business World 04/11/12: Read More

 

South Korea, Seoul - Korea will replace potentially faulty equipment at its older nuclear power plants and overhaul its safety guidelines in an effort to prevent accidents that could lead to serious fallouts, the government said Friday. The plan by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy calls for checking operating systems of all reactors that have been in operation for more than 20 years in the coming months. In addition, all emergency diesel power generators failed to come on-line because they were not properly maintained - Korea Times 04/13/12: Read More

 

Sri Lanka, Off Shore & On Shore - In the past six months, Cairn India has made two major oil and gas discoveries in the subcontinent. In November, it announced a gas find in the offshore Mannar Basin of Sri Lanka. Last week, its second oil discovery in the Krishna-Godavari basin (on-shore block) was announced. The management has conveyed these discoveries have estimated reserves of 550 million barrels (57 million barrels in the first and 500 million barrels in the latest one). The recovery rates are likely to be 10 per cent, given the impermeable nature of the reservoir. The company will, therefore, need to undertake fracking and stimulation to recover the oil. Fracking or hydraulic fracturing is used in impermeable and tight reservoirs - SIFY 04/11/12: Read More

 

Thailand - Kasikornbank is extending Bt40 billion loans to flood-affected businesses, under the Bank of Thailand's soft loan programme designed to assist economic recovery. Businesses are entitled to Bt30 million maximum and charged 3 per cent per annum for five years. KBank has launched several special programmes and services for post-flood business recovery, including K-SME Flood Relief Loans and Kasikorn Factory and Equipment's machinery and workplace restoration loans - The Nation 04/12/12: Read More

 

Turkey - Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan said yesterday that Chinese companies were interested in nuclear energy, highway, high-speed train, railway, port and bridge projects in Turkey given the country’s strategic location and investment incentives. “Chinese companies said that they are interested in nuclear energy, highway, high-speed train, railway and port projects and they can build the third bridge on the Bosphorus,” Çağlayan said - Hurriyet Daily News 04/13/12: Read More

 

5.  Europe

 

Albania, Fier - The Albanian government approved on Thursday the loan agreement (Euro 80 million) with the European Investment Bank for the construction of the Fier bypass - Balkans 04/13/12: Read More

 

Bulgaria, Chiren - Bulgaria's only natural gas storage facility in Chiren will be expanded to reach its maximum capacity, announced Kiril Temelkov, head of the State-owned Company Bulgartransgaz. The expansion is expected to cost EUR 200 Million - Novinite 04/12/12: Read More

 

Bulgaria, Offshore Black Sea - Bulgaria is launching a public procurement tender for the study and exploration of possible gas deposits in the Black Sea continental shelf - Novinite 04/11/12: Read More

 

Czech Republic - ČEZ earmarks extra Kč 2 billion for nuclear plant safety. On top of current annual spending of around Kč 2.5 billion on nuclear safety, Czech State-controlled Power Company ČEZ plans to plough some Kč 2 billion more into protecting the two Czech nuclear plants against natural occurrences such as earthquakes, hurricanes and extreme floods, the daily Lidové noviny reported on Wednesday. ČEZ last week issued several tenders for the provision of safety mechanisms against natural disasters. Equipment to be purchased includes additional backup diesel generators in the event that alternative power sources also fail - Ceska Pozice 04/14/12: Read More

 

France, Offshore - EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) has won three projects in the tender launched by the French government to install 3 GW of offshore wind power off the coast of France. Alstom will be the exclusive supplier to the EDF EN-led consortium, which includes DONG Energy, Nass & Wind and WPD Offshore. The successful bid includes three projects submitted for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fecamp sites, which include a total of approximately 240 wind turbines - North American Windpower 04/09/12: Read More

 

Latvia, Ventspils - On April 16, the Freeport of Ventspils Authority will sign contracts with the Finnish bank Pohjola Bank plc on funding for the project and with the construction company Skonto Buve on construction of the facility, so the new factory – EuroLCDs – could launch operations at the end of the year. Pohjola Bank plc won the tender on funding for the project, and will lend EUR 4.5 million (LVL 3.2 million) for construction of the factory - Baltic-Course 04/13/12: Read More

 

Macedonia, Crna River - The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Macedonia ("Macedonia") recently published a public call for the construction of the large hydroelectric power plant ("HEPP") Chebren (with an indicative investment value of 340 million) and Galishte (with an indicative investment value of 200 million). This was the sixth opportunity for potential investors to join the race to build the two power plants on the Crna River (the previous public calls failed due to several different reasons such as reluctance of the pre-qualified bidders to make an actual bid etc.). The project is envisaged as a public-private partnership (together with the state-owned electricity production company ELEM AD), by way of offering of the existing hydroelectric power plant Tikvesh (currently owned by ELEM AD), under concession - JD Supra Release 04/13/12: Read More

 

Romania, Brasov - French retailer Auchan, which runs 9 hypermarkets in Romania, will open a shopping mall in Brasov at the end of 2013. The company will invest EUR 55 – EUR 60 million in developing the first phase of the Coresi Shopping Center project which features an Auchan hypermarket (16,000 sqm), a shopping mall (25,000 sqm of gross leasable area) and a parking with 3,000 places, according to Mediafax newswire. The mall will be located on the grounds of the former Tractorul industrial platform. Construction of the shopping mall will begin this year and it expands over 24 hectare of land out of the total 100 hectares which Auchan bought - Balkans 04/12?12: Read More

 

Romania, Covasna County - The EBRD is continuing to support the modernisation of water infrastructure in Romania with a €7.6 million financing that will bring improved water services to over 100,000 residents in Covasna county, in the central part of the country. The EBRD loan is extended to S.C. Gospodarie Comunala S.A. water utility company, and is part of the EBRD’s Regional EU Cohesion Fund Co-financing Framework (R2CF). It will be used to co-finance the company’s €86.5 million EU Cohesion Fund investment programme for upgrading its regional water and wastewater facilities. The project will enable the company to modernise its water and wastewater network in four towns: Sfantu Gheorghe, Targu Secuiesc, Covasna and Intorsura Buzaului - EBRD 04/12/12: Read More

 

Russia - Offshore Oil & Gas Markets - There will be no export duties for new hydrocarbon development projects on the Russian shelf, President-elect Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Implementation of the projects will allow attracting about $500 billion of direct investment into the oil and gas industry and about $300 billion in related industries in the next 30 years. Project implementation will also create up to 400,000 jobs. Putin also said that the world's largest oil and gas companies might be partners of Russian firms in the shelf projects - Ria Novosti 04/12/12: Read More

 

Russia, Moscow - U.S. Universal Park & Resorts will run an entertainment park in Moscow's Galaktika Park mall to be built in the city's south, Sait-Salam Gutseriyev, co-owner of Russia's B&N industrial and financial group which implements the project, said on Thursday. Investment in park amusement infrastructure will amount to $500 million, while total spending on the Galaktika Park project, which also includes offices and a hotel, will stand at $2.8 billion - Ria Novosti 04/12/12: Read More

 

Serbia, Belgrade - Director of the Koridori Srbije company Mihajlo Misic inked Saturday evening with representatives of the Azerbaijani company Azvirt an agreement on construction of a E-763 highway section through Serbia amounting to EUR 308 million - Tanjug 04/08/12: Read More

 

Serbia, Belgrade - The construction of the South Stream Pipeline section through Serbia will begin in November or December, Adviser to the Serbian prime minister for Energy Petar Skundric said in Belgrade Wednesday. The costs for the construction of the section of the gas pipeline through Serbia are estimated at EUR 1.7 billion and the length of South Stream through our country will be between 415 to 440 kilometers, depending on the final pipeline route, Skundric said - Tanjug 04/11/12: Read More

 

Serbia, Ibar River - Italian company Secci energy and Electric Power of Serbia will be construct ten new hydro power plants on Ibar river. The value of the investment is 300 mill euros - Serbia Energy 04/12/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom - Prime Minister David Cameron has today led a delegation of UK leaders from the worlds of business, academia and culture to Japan. During the visit, members of the delegation will cement deals worth over £200 million, creating almost 1500 new jobs in the UK and safeguarding thousands more - UK Trade & Investment 02/10/12: Read List of Japanese Companies expanding to the UK

 

United Kingdom - The government has announced its plans to reform the UK’s energy landscape in what has been billed as the ‘biggest shake-up of the market since privatisation’. To achieve this, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set out four partially overlapping — and, some have argued, overly complex — measures, which take effect in 2013 - The Engineer 04/13/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Cumbria, England - VerdErg installs hydropower technology in River Caldew. VerdErg, a Surrey-based company has developed the spectral marine energy converter (SMEC) over the past four years and is now ready to demonstrate it in the River Caldew - The Engineer 04/12/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Leicestershire - One of the largest auctions of new and used construction equipment is being held at Donington Park in Leicestershire next Tuesday (17 April). It is also the first Ritchie Brothers auction held in the UK for several years. The Donington auction features more than 630 items of plant, including more than 180 excavators, as well as 70 dumpers, 43 tandem rollers, 39 telescopic forklifts, 14 wheel loaders, loader backhoes, flatbed trucks, site dumpers, dump trucks, boom lifts, scissor lifts, telescopic forklifts, generator sets and many more items used in construction and agriculture - The Construction Index 04/12/12: Read More

 

United Kingdom, Monmouthshire, Wales - Willmott Dixon has been awarded a contract to build new offices for Monmouthshire County Council. The new 2,500 square metre building is being built on the Coleg Gwent (Gwent College) campus in Usk. Contract value was not disclosed but has been reported as £7m - The Construction Index 04/12/12: Read More

 

Ukraine - New Competitor for Caterpillar? - Orthodox patron of the arts and the Russian-Ukrainian businessman Viktor Nusenkis create the first Russian machine-building holding company for the production of mining equipment. While we are talking about the merger of four companies in Russia and abroad, but in the near future to acquire other assets. Head the new structure's former partner Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Mazhukin. How the "Y", businessman Victor Nusenkis intend to combine their engineering assets in a single holding company. This "Y" spoke of the two sources of business structures. It is an association Yurga Machine Building Plant, Czech T Machinery as, a German plant ESSER and Ukrainian Donetsk electrical plant. All of them are mainly engaged in manufacturing equipment for mining and hoisting operations. The new structure with the working title "Heavy Engineering Corporation" has not yet registered - Kommersat 04/12/12: Read More in Russian

 

6.  Middle East & Africa

 

All Africa - The China-Africa Development Fund is shifting its investment strategy with the focus now on infrastructure, manufacturing and agriculture, after a capital injection of $2 billion, Hu Zhirong, vice-president of the fund, said. Direct investment last year by China into Africa surged by 59 percent, from a year earlier, to $1.7 billion. During the same period, the nation's overseas direct investment grew by 1.8 percent year-on-year to $60 billion, according to the Ministry of Commerce - China Daily 04/13/12: Read More

 

Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz Region - Ethiopian news source NewsDire reports that Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, told the newly appointed Ethiopian ambassador to Sudan, Abadi Zemo, that his country supports the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project - ESI-Africa: Read More ---  Background - On 31 March 2011, a day after the project was made public, a US$4.8 billion contract was awarded without competitive bidding to Salini Costruttori and the dam's foundation stone was laid on 2 April 2011 by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.[4] A rock crushing plant has been constructed along with a small air strip for fast transportation.[5] Construction is expected to last 44 months when two generators would be operational - Wikipedia: Read More

 

Israel, Tel Aviv - It seems construction work is taking place on every other building and on every empty lot. On some sites we're talking about high-rise apartment buildings or huge, glittering office towers; elsewhere it's the renovation and preservation of old structures, newly beautiful in their fresh paint - Haaretz 04/12/12: Read More

 

Iraq - Leading provider of total, intelligent water management solutions in emerging markets, Metito, has announced four new projects in Iraq, worth over $185 million. Metito is partnering with the Snafee Group, to supply the process design of three sewage treatment plants, in South Basra, Um Qasser, Safwan and Shat Al Arab, which represent a combined contract total worth over $10 million - Trade Arabia 04/10/12: Read More

 

Iraq, Baghdad - The Kuwaiti Embassy in Baghdad announced today that 50 Kuwaiti companies will begin work in Iraq at the end of this month. The investment chief explained that the news companies cover various sectors, such as housing, commerce, agriculture, industry and economic activities - AK News 04/11/12: Read More

 

Kenya, Rift Valley - Ormat Technologies Inc.’s (ORA) international unit won a contract to build and operate the first well-head generator at the Menengai geothermal field in Kenya, which holds potential capacity of at least 1,600 megawatts. The so-called modular power-generation unit, which will provide 5 megawatts to 10 megawatts, will start operating by August 2013 and the government will assume ownership after 15 years, said Silas Simiyu, managing director of Kenya’s state-run Geothermal Development Co. The cost to set up the facility will be about $10 million to $20 million, Simiyu said in an interview today in Nairobi - Bloomberg 04/12/12: Read More

 

Libya - Telecommunications Market - International telcos eye Libya opportunities. Foreign investment in the sector is much needed after a fifth of Libya’s transmitter stations were destroyed in last year’s revolution. Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and Saudi Telecom have all expressed potential interest in Libya - Libya Investment 04/08/12: Read More

 

Qatar, Al Wakrah - The new stadiums that Qatar plans to build for the 2022 FIFA World Cup should play an important role in stimulating the state’s urban growth, according to renowned architect and urban planner, Prof Albert Speer. “A perfect example of this is Al Wakrah Stadium, which will be situated in the heart of an emerging new area,” said the managing partner of Albert Speer & Partners, designers of the stadium - Gulf-Times 04/12/12: Read More

 

Saudi Arabia, Jeddah - Drake & Scull International, a Dubai-based construction company, said it won contracts valued at AED1.3bn (US$354m) in first quarter in the Middle East and North Africa region. Some of the major deals Drake & Scull has won during 1Q2012 include a US$38m contract to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for the Rocco Forte Hotel in Jeddah and a US$230m unspecified contract in Algeria - Arabian Business 04/10/12: Read More

 

South Africa, Durban - South African state company Transnet has signed a R1.8-billion deal to buy the old Durban International Airport, which will be turned into a multibillion-rand dug-out port that will boost the country's competitive edge while creating thousands of new jobs - South Africa INfo 04/13/12: Read More

 

South Africa, Johannesburg - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government is ready to roll out the country's infrastructure plan announced by President Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address earlier this year. Government on Friday unveiled its infrastructure plan for the country, which it hopes to take to the provinces and various other stakeholders for implementation. It lists 17 strategic integrated projects that cut across from rail, road, schools and hospitals construction. The projects cover a range of economic and social infrastructure across all nine provinces with emphasis on poorer regions - BUA News 04/13/12: Read Plan Summary --- Read Opening remarks by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Al Arif Contracting Company LLC, the leading contracting company in the UAE and a subsidiary of Masharie, the private equity arm of Dubai Investments PJSC, announced it has secured construction projects worth Dhs176.7m in Dubai. The new projects include three high-rise buildings in Al Nahda, Al Quasis and Al Souq Al Kabeer and 92 luxury villas in Al Badia. In addition to these residential properties, Al Fahidi Supermarket commissioned by Dubai Municipality is also one of recent projects bagged by Al Arif - AME Info 04/11/12: Read More

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Dubai announced plans on Monday to establish itself in the field of designing and building airports as it looks to build of the emirate's position as a regional aviation hub. Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, also vice president and prime minister of the UAE, has issued a law setting up Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects Establishment. The new entity, with financial and administrative independence, will be attached to the Dubai Aviation City Corporation, state news agency WAM reported. Government-run Dubai Airports owns and manages Dubai's two airports, Dubai International and the new Al Maktoum International which opened for cargo operations in 2010. The operator plans to invest $7.8bn in airport expansion to boost current capacity from 60 million passengers a year to 90 million by 2018 - Arabian Business 04/09/12: Read More

 

West Bank & Gaza - The World Bank’s Board of Directors today endorsed the Interim Strategy Note for West Bank and Gaza that outlines the direction of assistance from 2012 – 2014.  Simultaneously, the Board of Directors agreed to advise the Board of Governors to authorize a replenishment of US$55 million to the Trust Fund for Gaza and the West Bank, from which the Bank’s assistance is provided - World Bank 04/06/12: Read More

 

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