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Puerto Rico's Department of Transport and Public Works (DTOP) is setting out a plan to road maintenance and improvement works.

A US$332 million loan from Brazil will help build a highway between Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos in Bolivia. The project will cost over $1 million/km while the 306km highway will cost $415 million and the new link will be built by Brazilian firm OAS.

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) has launched a new modular product line with the MC1000, the first module built in the line, being highlighted at INTERMAT. The line consists of several pre-designed static and semi-static crushing and screening “plug and play” modules, which can be chosen to create the plant required to suit many applications, such as aggregates and mining. “This simple but effective product gives flexibility to our customers to choose ‘ready-to-work’ modules to create the plant they

Launched at last September’s Maxpo 2011 exhibition in the company’s native Finland, Ramtec has high commercial hopes for its Robi MM062 screening bucket.

New Holland is expanding its wheeled loader C Series with two new models at the top of the range. The W270C and W300C feature New Holland’s Tier 4 interim AdBlue technology for fuel savings of up to 10%.

Montabert is continuing a tradition of using INTERMAT to launch a new model in its range of automatic two-speed breakers.

Bidding has been strong for a highway repair contract in Argentina. In all eight contractors have submitted bids for repairs to Route 307 in the northwestern Argentina province of Tucuman.

The latest hydraulic rock drill from Montabert is the new HC25 model, designed for underground equipment and surface drilling machines.

Panama's National Economic Council (CENA) is giving the go-ahead for the second stage of the Madden-Colon highway project.

Rivard RIV1403 TC1755 is a chainsaw trencher suitable for creating large trenches for major underground power, gas, fibre optic, water, irrigation or sewer project works.

Launched just before Intermat 2012, Rivard says the company’s new RIV 503 TR202 wide offset wheeled trencher is beneficial to any large scale power cable and pipe laying project, from water and gas pipe installation to power and fibre optic cable laying.

New Zealand's Government is now setting budgets for transport improvements. In Auckland transport projects look set to commence following a design agreement worth US$10.52 million. This will be for the $937 million eastern suburban transport projects package.

Liebherr is to introduce two new tracked excavators at Intermat in April, weighing 31 and 44 tonnes respectively. The 31 tonne R936 replaces the R934C and brings with it a Stage IIIB/Tier 4i emissions compliant engine that delivers 160kW from a four-cylinder engine.

Some US$264.5 million (C$278 million) is being budgeted for upgrading road links in the Bas-Saint-Laurent area of Quebec Province, Canada.