Investments

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva unveils massive 2007/10 investment plan

  Brazil's president Lula da Silva unveiled on Monday an economic package with the purpose of boosting growth to 5% annually by 2008 through a combination of public and private spending.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Botnia willing to sit and discuss

  Finland's Botnia is willing to sit and discuss with Argentina and Uruguay a negotiated solution to the controversy over the building of a pull mill in Uruguay which Argentina argues will be highly contaminating.

• Friday, January 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cellulose at highest value in eleven years

  

  The value of cellulose rose to 735 US dollars per ton this week, according to industry indicators, the highest price for cellulose since February 16th, 1996

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Successful launching of Argentine built satellite in India

  

  An Indian rocket carrying an Argentine satellite as well as three others was launched to space Wednesday placing all four successfully in orbit.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UNCTAD: global investment expected to slow in 2007

  Foreign direct investment (FDI) grew in 2006 for the third consecutive year to reach 1.2 trillion US dollars according to initial estimates released Tuesday by the United Nations, which also warned that economic growth is likely to slow this year because of high commodity prices and other factors.

• Thursday, December 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  ENAP investment plan 2007/11 totals 4.5 billion

  Chile's government oil corporation ENAP announced this week investments totaling 4.5 billion US dollars in the coming four years, 2007/2011, emphasizing exploration and production and the construction of refineries.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's top scientists join international Antarctic study

  Three of Chile's leading environmental scientists are on board the Swedish ice-breaker Oden on a 14-day voyage to study the effects of climate change on the southernmost continent.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's recovery fuels car sales

  

  Vehicle sales in Argentina rose a healthy 17 percent to 453,000 units in January-November – the higher figure since the 455,000 sold in the entire 1998 — on the back of a steady economic recovery accompanied by a favourable international scenario, the new chairman of the ACARA concessionaires association Dante Alvarez said.

• Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Cellulose Prices at their Highest in Five Years

  Chilean wood pulp producers Copec and CMPC are cashing in on high cellulose prices, which rose to a year-to-date high of 708.7 US dollars a ton on Tuesday. This is the highest price for cellulose since 2002, the disastrous year when cellulose prices fell to 433.2 US dollars a ton.