Investments

• 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.