BNamericas looks at Centaurus Metals' Salobo West copper-gold project, which sits in the heart of the Carajás mineral province in northern Brazil.
With all the factors affecting grid stability taken into consideration, it becomes easy to see why an aeroderivative gas turbine is a solid choice for Latin American power producers.
Dilma Rousseff's former transport minister, who now represents concessionaires, tells BNamericas the government's current concession model is slow, timid and unfocused, while calling out BNDES for being too conservative in approving loans.
The Australian company has begun site surveys and field work at the onshore block.
The feasibility studies were carried out under an agreement between Costa Rican authorities and the government of China.
The divestment proposal is scheduled to be submitted to the country's investment partnerships program (PPI) council on Wednesday.
Production by the region's five biggest gold miners slips as a result of asset sales and a temporary suspension at Barrick Gold's Veladero operation.
BNamericas spoke to Robert Villanueva, executive VP of international cyber intelligence company Q6 Cyber, about online criminal activity currently threatening Latin American financial institutions and the measures required to counter it.
The BNamericas Project Profiles Database features close to 100 early stage wind farms in the country.
The Movimiento Litio para Chile wants a company modeled on state copper giant Codelco, the movement's coordinator tells BNamericas.
BNamericas takes a looks at lending in June and the country's top 5 financial institutions.
The Colombia-focused geophysical services firm reported "a very difficult period" in the second quarter.
The nation's natural disaster insurance subsidy will include 10 major crops for the nation in the upcoming season, as weather is set to have increasingly negative impacts on the regions agriculture.
The initiative is the largest to be built under the US-backed Fomilenio II development plan.
The country's better-than-expected 2Q17 GDP growth was bolstered by private consumption and non-oil exports.
Chile's P&C insurers remained in the black at the end of H1 despite posting a loss for Q2. BNamericas takes a look.
A landmark resolution published by the government will expedite the fulfillment of renewable portfolio standards for large-scale consumers, an expert tells BNamericas.
Protests by small-scale gold miners in Colombia are blocking government efforts to formalize the sector, blamed for deforestation, pollution and money laundering.
Foreign direct investment in metallic mining rises in H1, compared to the same period last year, reflecting improved confidence in the sector.
The Mexican government is working alongside the Organization of American States on the much awaited national cybersecurity strategy. According to experts, the proposed path could complicate an already difficult issue.
Colombia's state oil company is stepping up offshore drilling and has outlined plans to tap unconventional fields in a bid to boost its dwindling reserves. The Bogotá-based firm is also looking beyond Colombia's borders, with burgeoning offshore investments in Mexico, the US and Brazil.
Professional services multinational Evalueserve has been running in-house data scientist training in Chile since 2015.
Marcelo Tunes, mineral affairs director at Brazil's mining institute Ibram, tells BNamericas how companies in the country have received the changes to the local mining code.
BNamericas spoke to Sergio Bringas, data center product manager at speciality technology distributor Comstor, about the advantages of big data solutions and challenges entailed in implementing them.
By the end of the year the country's first fully digital bank is due to come online. To find out more BNamericas spoke to Daniel Bertone of Grant Thornton, which provided consulting services to the project backers.
BNamericas speaks with Miguel Ángel Gámez, head of PPP promotion agency Coalianza, to find out about the country's infrastructure drive and the goal to become a logistics hub.
BNamericas spoke to Marcelo Macedo, head of Escola do Gás, a Brazilian training and consultancy company for the LPG industry. In the first of a two-part interview, Macedo talked about the company's performance in Brazil, market demand and industry challenges.
Strong fundamentals continue to attract M&A deals to Mexico, despite economic and political uncertainty. BNamericas spoke to a leading M&A advisor about the forces moving the marketplace.
Juan Jung, public policy director at telecom association Asiet, talks to BNamericas about Latin America's digital agenda.
While multinational corporations remains major clients, local companies start to look for this product
LNG consumption for electricity generation in the Caribbean and Central America is forecast to grow six-fold over the next 10 years, fed by imports while no new liquefaction facilities are planned, says Ricardo González, a Houston-based analyst at Wood Mackenzie.
César Peñaranda Castañeda, executive director of economic and business development institute IEDEP in the Lima chamber of commerce, provides another perspective of energy issues facing Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
BNamericas talked to business development director José Augusto Gomes Campos about the company's focus on compliance after its role in the Petrobras corruption scandal, and the challenges of securing new deals.
César Peñaranda Castañeda, executive director of economic and business development institute IEDEP in the Lima chamber of commerce, provides another perspective of energy issues facing Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
LNG consumption for electricity generation in the Caribbean and Central America is forecast to grow six-fold over the next 10 years, fed by imports while no new liquefaction facilities are planned, says Ricardo González, a Houston-based analyst at Wood Mackenzie.
BNamericas takes a look at the operations of Costa Rica's state-run telco Instituto Costarricence de Electricidad (ICE) and its competitive position in the country's mobile market.
BNamericas talked to business development director José Augusto Gomes Campos about the company's focus on compliance after its role in the Petrobras corruption scandal, and the challenges of securing new deals.
Platosa, Mexico's highest grade silver mine, is back in positive cash flow after achieving dry conditions, CEO Brendan Cahill tells BNamericas.
BNamericas talked to business development director José Augusto Gomes Campos about the company's focus on compliance after its role in the Petrobras corruption scandal, and the challenges of securing new deals.