Uruguay
UruguayBotnia 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wholesale prices in Uruguay soar 17.6% in nine months
Uruguay's wholesale prices soared 3.1% in September, pushed by higher agriculture costs admitted the government, bringing overall wholesale inflation for the first nine months of the year to 17.6%, compared to 9.7% in the same period a year ago.
