Tag: BR-163

• Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 11:40 UTC

  Brazil auctions concession of highway that transports 45 million tons of grains annually

  

  Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht on Wednesday was awarded a 30-year concession to operate and maintain a stretch of the BR-163 federal highway, a major road in the western state of Mato Grosso, also known as 'soy road' because of the millions of tons of grains and oilseeds that are transported annually.