Chile

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has agreed to buy US major ExxonMobil's stake in Esso Chile Petrolera, and its assets in other associated Chilean... 2008-08-11

Chilean firm Molymet, one of the world's top processors of industrial molybdenum concentrates announced on July 8 its intention to issue up to US$300mn worth of stock exchange certificates... 2008-07-10

Brazil's biggest homebuilder, Cyrela Brazil SA Empreendimentos & Participacoes (Cyrela) has agreed to pay BRL1.54bn (US$958mn) for Agra Empreendimentos Imobilarios SA (Agra).... 2008-06-25

Financial services group Morgan Stanley and The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have agreed to buy Chilean electric company SAESA Group. They will jointly acquire the company from... 2008-06-25

Texas-based Excelerate Energy has signed a final agreement with Spanish-Argentine RepsolYPF to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at the port city of Bahia Blanca,... 2008-05-20

Trading in the shares of Chile's largest grocery retailer D&S was suspended on March 10 2008 after rumours emerged that the firm was in takeover talks with US retail giant Wal-Mart.... 2008-03-12

The merger of two of Chile's largest retailers has been blocked by the country's competition watchdog. The all-share merger between food retailer D&S and department store chain... 2008-02-28