US engineering giant Bechtel has partnered with Chilean construction and industrial services company Echeverría Izquierdo Montajes Industriales S.A. (EIMISA) to target large-scale infrastructure and mining projects in the country. Bechtel…

UK architect Foster + Partners has been selected to design the masterplan for the 1,045ha urban development in central Chile. The Maratué project aims to reconnect the existing town of…

Chile’s main freight port at San Antonio is looking for a contractor to build a 4km-long breakwater for a planned $4bn expansion, the Latin News website reports.  The $1.5bn breakwater…

A green hydrogen project worth $2.5bn has been submitted for environmental review in Chile. Mejillones Ammonia Energy (MAE) aims to develop the Volta production plant in the Atacama Desert, which…

Chinese rail equipment maker CRRC has won a contract to build electric trainsets for Chilean State Railways (EFE). CRRC, in a consortium with local rail services company Temoinsa, will supply…

China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has increased its ownership of Chile’s main highway by paying $600m for the right to toll a 169km stretch of Route 5 between Chillán in…

Spanish contractor Acciona has marked International Women’s Day by beginning work on the nursery building at Marga Marga hospital in Chile with an all-female team.