Latest South America Stories
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced a definitive agreement to purchase a 67% majority stake in Indura S.A. for $884 million/CLP 451 billion. The transaction is expected to enhance Air Products' growth opportunities in the region and be accretive to Air Products earnings per share in fiscal 2013. It is expected to close by early July, subject to certain closing conditions. Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, Indura is the largest...
DALLAS, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bathroom fittings such as wash basins, toilets, water closets, bidets, urinals, cisterns, shower plates, pedestals, etc. are known as sanitary wares. According to a new market research report, "Ceramic Sanitary Ware Market - Global Trends & Forecasts by Product & Technology (2012 - 2017)", published by MarketsandMarkets ( http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), ceramic sanitary ware market will grow from estimated $22.17 billion in 2011...
Early inhabitants of the Amazon River Basin had little long-term impact on the forests in the area, overturning the notion that the region was a cultural parkland during pre-Columbian times, claims a new study published in the June 15 edition of the journal Science. The discovery comes after a team of researchers hailing from the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), the Smithsonian Institution, Wake Forest University and the University of Florida (UF) conducted the first landscape-scale...
Operations Update, With New 3-D Seismic Data Increasing Moqueta Structural Closure Area CALGARY, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Gran Tierra Energy Inc. ("Gran Tierra Energy") (NYSE MKT: GTE, TSX: GTE), a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, today provided updates for its operations in Colombia, Argentina and Peru. Peru Block 95, Marañon Basin (Gran Tierra Energy 100% WI and operator subject to PeruPetro S.A. and Peruvian Government approvals)...
VANCOUVER, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Guyana Frontier Mining Corp. (TSX-V: GYG) ("Guyana Frontier") is pleased to announce that it has carried out a review of a historical resource estimate for the Mazoa Hill deposit at the Marudi Mountain Gold Project ("Marudi Mountain") in southern Guyana, South America. The historical resource estimate was first published in 1995, prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101 ("N.I. 43-101"). Guyana Frontier engaged Reserva...
MILFORD, Mass., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PLC Systems Inc. (OTC: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced that it had signed new distribution agreements for RenalGuard® with Girlow USA, LLC, Cenas, Co., Ltd, and Pyramed Ltd., following its successful participation in EuroPCR in France earlier this month. Under terms of these agreements, PLC will expand its ability to distribute its innovative RenalGuard System(TM) to Mexico and...
DALLAS, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- YELLOW7, Inc. (OTCQB: YLLC) ("the Company"), a rapidly evolving internet media company and a provider of online vacation rental properties, announced today that its premier online vacation listing site, VacationList.com, will continue its expansion to now include South America, contributing to the Company's rapidly growing vacation rental site options. Recent industry studies indicate that South America vacation rental markets are experiencing...
With SOPA and PIPA defeated, CISPA is just around the corner for discussion. And now, the FBI is asking that providers like Gmail and Yahoo! provide a backdoor to make surveillance of internet denizens more accessible. Undisclosed Location, South America (PRWEB) May 28, 2012 As copyright protections and privacy issues wreck into each other in the US lawmaking assembly, the FBI is requesting that the CALEA, (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994,) be altered to...
TSX : AXY VANCOUVER, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) and the Klahoose First Nation are pleased to announce that they have signed a Resource Development Agreement (RDA), establishing the framework under which Alterra and the Klahoose will work together to advance the Upper Toba run-of-river hydroelectric project, which lies within the traditional territory of the Klahoose First Nation. The comprehensive RDA sets out the terms under which the...
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICL (TASE:ICL), a multinational fertilizer and specialty chemicals company, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Financial Results Revenues: ICL's revenues for the first quarter of 2012 were the Company's highest ever for a first quarter, totaling $1,552 million compared with $1,528 million in the first quarter of 2011. The sales reflected increased selling prices for many...
Latest South America Reference Libraries
The grey slender opossum (Marmosops incanus) can be found in South America, in a small range that includes only Brazil. Its preferred habitat includes both primary and secondary forests, humid lowland coastal areas at elevations between 2,624 and 4,265 feet. This species can only breed once per year, and displays an odd method of breeding. During this period, males will breed just before they die in a method known as semelparous breeding. It is thought that the grey slender opossum occurs in...
North America is a continent completely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost completely within the Western Hemisphere. It’s also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It’s bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. This continent covers an area of approximately 9,540,000 sq miles, about 4.8 percent of the plants surface or about...
The white-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) is a New World monkey that is native to Central America, as well as the far northwestern area of South America. It is also known as the white-faced capuchin and the white-throated capuchin. Its Central American range includes Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Reports have shown that it may occur in southern Belize and eastern Guatemala, but these reports have not been confirmed. Its South American range is limited to the northwestern area...
The dire wolf (Canis dirus) is an extinct wolf that was most common to North and South America. This carnivorous mammal lived for approximately 1.79 million years, existing throughout the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene era. It is related to the grey wolf, although it was larger and has no direct line to any living species. In 1854, the type specimen of the dire wolf was found in Evansville, Indiana. Joseph Granville Norwood acquired the specimen, a...
The desert red bat, or western red bat, is one of 318 species of vesper bats. These bats can be found in North America, Central America, and even down to the northern most parts of South America. Like birds, the desert red bat migrates to warmer, desert climates during winter and returns to cooler climates during warm seasons. Males and females of this species have different migrating habits, and this hinders mating because they are always in different areas at different times. They will mate...
