Uruguay

Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Portuguese paper maker looking to invest in Uruguay

Portuguese pulp and paper maker Portucel will decide before the end of the year whether it will build a plant in Uruguay, government representatives announced. This would become the fourth pulp mill to be established in Uruguay.
Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Botnia pulp mill to begin production in mid November

Uruguay announced Friday that the Botnia-Orion pulp mill, which has been at the heart of an ongoing bitter controversy with Argentina, is set to begin production in mid November conditioned to the finishing of a bicycle lane and an alternative water intake for the plant.
Saturday, October 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay: mega integrated beef cattle project announced

Uruguayan representatives of Britain's Breeders & Packers announced this week in Montevideo plans for an abattoir with an annual capacity of 320.000 head of cattle bred in feed lots involving investments of over 100 million US dollars.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine anti pulp mill activists marches banned in Uruguay

Uruguay will ban Argentine activists who oppose a pulp mill in Fray Bentos, from marching or organizing concentrations so as to avoid provocations, announced Minister of Interior Daisy Tourné.
Monday, October 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Punta del Este expects 120.000 cruise visitors in 2007/08

Punta del Este, Uruguay's main international seaside resort on the South Atlantic this coming summer season will be receiving 83 cruise vessels calls with an estimated 120.000 visitors, 60% increase over the 2006/2007 season.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay September inflation 0.41%; 8.9% in 12 months

Consumer prices in Uruguay increased 0.41% in September, accumulating 8.67% in the nine months of 2007 and 8.9% in the last twelve months, according to the official Statistics Office, INE.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US Secretary of Commerce visit to Brazil and Uruguay

United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced Wednesday he will travel to Uruguay Oct. 8-9 and Brazil Oct. 9-11 to discuss with senior government officials and the business community ways to promote greater bilateral trade, economic growth and opportunity and to foster greater commercial cooperation between the United States and both Uruguay and Brazil.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
South Atlantic trawler on fire; all crew members rescued

Twenty four of the twenty seven crew members of a Spanish trawler that caught fire early Sunday morning in the South Atlantic will be arriving in Montevideo, Uruguay in the coming hours after having been rescued by another Spanish vessel.
Monday, October 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China becoming world leader in wool processing

During the first seven months of this year China purchased 202.000 tons of wool, equivalent to 1.13 billion US dollars, up 61% over the same period a year ago according to the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat.
Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills dispute: waiting for Oct 28

Uruguayan and Argentine delegates on Saturday held a new round of talks in New York sponsored by the Spanish Crown in an effort to find a way out to the dispute over the construction of pulp mills along the river Uruguay jointly managed by the neighboring countries.