The Danish pharmaceutical company behind obesity drug Wegovy, Novo Nordisk, plans to invest US$1.09bn in expanding its facility in Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil. The 74,000-sq-m project will be used for…

The highway subsidiary of Vinci has taken over a 594km stretch of the motorway between Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia after agreeing a 30-year concession with the Brazilian National Land…

British architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a beachfront development in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The Tempo hotel and residences overlooks the surf beach…

Work on company’s first manufacturing site in Brazil shut down; Contract with Jinjiang Construction Brazil terminated. Brazilian authorities have rescued 163 Chinese workers being held in “conditions analogous to slavery”…

Brazil will not be joining China’s global infrastructure push, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a senior government official said last week. Celso Amorim, a diplomat and special advisor on…

Dutch architect UNStudio and Brazilian developer Eztec have announced the completion of two towers in São Paulo, which they describe as a “new form of living”. The EZ Parque da…

Vinci Highways has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernise a 594km section of Brazil’s tolled BR-040 highway. It’s the company’s second in Brazil after taking a 55% stake…

A developer in the city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has announced plans to build the ‘Senna Tower’ in collaboration with the company begun by Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna.

The city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has approved the construction of the 544m-tall Triumph Tower, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest residential building. It’s set to…

China and Brazil last week signed a 30-year franchise agreement for a new, 1,468km high-voltage transmission line to bring renewable power from Brazil’s remote northeast to the more populated centre…

Engineers have begun test-drilling for the Salvador-Itaparica road bridge in Bahia state, Brazil. It comes five years after parties agreed a public-private partnership deal for the bridge, set to be…

Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won three contracts worth a total of €720m to build 1,948km of high-voltage transmission lines in Brazil. Cobra has also signed two EPC contracts worth €550m…

Brazil has announced $75bn in infrastructure financing as part of a Growth Acceleration Programme, abbreviated as PAC in Portuguese. This PAC is Brazil’s third, following a federally funded programme announced…

After a construction period that has stretched over four decades, Brazil has completed the 2,260km Norte-Sul railway, stretching from the northeastern port of Itaqui, in Maranhão state, to the southeastern…

Brazilian meatpacking company JBS said yesterday that it had begun work on Spain’s first production plant for artificial meat, the Reuters news agency reports.  The plant, which is being developed…

Vinci Highways just got its first toll-highway concession in Brazil by acquiring a 55% stake in Brazilian road operator Entrevias from Brazilian fund Patria. Agreed in December 2022, the sale…