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…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is demanding an additional $17bn in investment from China under the terms of a 2008 infrastructure-for-minerals deal, Reuters reports.

The government of the Netherlands said this week that it would invest €750m over the next 10 years to develop a national hydrogen transport network.

New Zealand’s transport agency has appointed a consortium to build a two-lane toll road in North Auckland.