Dredging Today - Communications and Transport Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza announced a continuing logistics development strategy for the Port of Lazaro Cardenas. The work will service as an example in Mexico's port system.Infrastructure
Activists dispute theory of Mexico lawmaker murder
AP — Water-rights activists questioned the theory of Mexican state prosecutors that the killing of a state legislator-elect this month was orchestrated by his designated substitute. They say the slain man opposed a controversial Sonora water project.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZ_XeA-Pdccvfa62o6R78jjYrapw
Mexico's 700MHz plan raises harmonization hopes
Rethinking Wireless - Mexico has agreed to open up its 700MHz digital dividend spectrum for mobile services, using the band plan being standardized across most of the Asia-Pacific region. This raises hopes that near-global harmonization can be achieved.
www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/09/24/mexicos-700mhz-plan-raises-harmonization-hopes.htm
Fire at Mexico Pemex gas facility kills 10
Reuters - Ten people were killed and at least 10 others injured when a Pemex gas facility burst into flames in northern Mexico on Tuesday, disrupting gas supplies in the area. The blaze was one of the worst accidents Pemex has suffered in the last few years.
in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/18/pemex-fire-idINL1E8KIDD720120918
ICA exec sees infrastructure spending rising 56%
Bloomberg - Annual infrastructure spending in Mexico could climb as much as 56 percent to $70 billion in the coming years as the country plows more money into roads, ports, water projects, and oil and gas, said ICA chief executive Alonso Quintana.
ACCIONA to build a second water treatment plant
4-traders - Mexico's National Water Commission (Conagua) has awarded a contract to a consortium of ACCIONA Agua and a group of Mexican companies to design, build, operate and maintain the first stage of the El Caracol Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Mitsubishi to build 50 MW power plant for CFE
JCN Newswire - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., jointly with Mitsubishi Corp., has received a full turnkey order from Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to build a 50 MW geothermal power generation plant at its Los Azufres III power station.
Petrofac wins contract for offshore oil area
ShareCast - Oil and gas services firm Petrofac said it had won a contract to develop the Arenque contract area, offshore Mexico. The Arenque field is currently producing around 5,000 barrels per day.
Diver keeps Mexico City's sewage flowing
EFE - Julio Cesar Cu Camara has turned his diving hobby into an extreme job, keeping Mexico City's vast sewerage system flowing for 29 years. The sewers are Cu Camara's workplace, a world of hundreds of kilometers of pipes and pumps.
latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/08/23/diver-keeps-mexico-city-sewage-flowing/
Campesinos win victory in fight against Parota dam
World War 4 Report - After nearly 10 years of struggle, Mexican campesinos fighting to protect their lands from the planned La Parota hydro-dam on the Río Papagayo won a victory with the Aug. 16 signing of the "Cacahuatepec Accords."
www.ww4report.com/node/11421
Mexico moving ahead with $8 billion pipeline expansion
Chron.com - Mexico is pressing ahead with an $8 billion expansion of the country's 5,500-mile natural gas pipeline system, focusing on central and northern industrial cities. it intends to fuel that network with U.S. natural gas.
