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
Tri-Tech wins contract for equipment for steel plant
PRNewswire - Tri-Tech Holding Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Tri-Tech Infrastructure, was awarded a contract to provide equipment for a Mexican steel plant in Monterrey. The contract is valued at $3.63 million.
Dredging to reduce environmental harm at Manzanillo
DredgingToday.com - Environmental harm caused by the construction of the second phase of the Specialized Container Terminal at the port of Manzanillo will be reduced by dredging of the canals and creating islands in the lagoon of the Valley of the Herons.
www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/03/23/mexico-dredging-reduces-environmental-harm-at-manzanillo-port/
Dozens homeless in southwest Mexico after quake
Reuters - Dozens of families cleared rubble from their destroyed homes in southwestern Mexico on Wednesday following a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake that caused landslides, knocked down school walls and cracked a church tower.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-mexico-quake-idUSBRE82J10720120322
Mexico invites bids for $3.5 billion pipeline project
The Economic Times - President Felipe Calderon said Mexico has begun inviting bids for the Northwest Gas Pipeline, a $3.5 billion conduit that will stretch for more than 2,000 km from the border with the US to the western city of Mazatlan.
Mexico targets 2014 for launch of Satmex 7
Latin American Herald Tribune - Contracts have been signed with Boeing Satellite Systems International and Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, for the construction, launch and insertion into orbit of the $350 million Satmex 7 satellite.
Baja California opens high-tech incubator
Sentido Comun - The Ministry of Economy and the government of Baja California Tijuana opened the BIT Center, one of 33 high-tech centers to help small and medium enterprises engaged in the design and development of information technology.
Vestas wins order for Latin Am's biggest wind farm
Reuters - Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has won an order in Mexico for turbines with a total capacity of 396 megawatts (MW), which will be installed at the biggest wind power project in Latin America, the company said on Monday.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/vestas-mexico-idUSL5E8EC4AP20120312
Mexico to auction contracts for small electricity plants
Sentido Comun - Mexico plans to auction contracts for small plants to sell clean energy generating 4,000 megawatts of electricity to the CFE. Developers can invest up to $8 million in plants and compete to offer lower electricity rates.
www.sentidocomun.com.mx/articulo.phtml
No clear future for Mexico private broadband plan
Reuters - A lack of agreement between media company MVS and the Mexican government over how to unlock a private broadband project is threatening to shelve the plan for several more years as growing court appeals cloud the case.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/04/us-mexico-broadband-idUSTRE8230VI20120304
Mexico secures $250 million in disaster insurance
Latin American Herald Tribune – The Mexican government announced an investment for the year 2012 of 3.15 billion pesos (almost $250 million) in insurance against climatic disasters. The figure “triples” the amount invested last year.
www.laht.com/article.asp
