Eight firms submitted qualifications in the first stage of a longterm lease of the 125km (78 mile) I-75 east-west tollroad from the Miami area to Naples Florida. Join discussion...

Buy Recommendations: Obrascon Huarte Lain Brasil SA (Brazil) Cintra Concessionaires (Spain) Red Electrica (Spain) Join discussion...

Obrascon Huarte Lain SA said it has won a 680-million euro contract to build, manage and maintain a two-tier motorway in Mexico that will link up to the Mexico-Queretaro highway, confirming an earlier report in the Mexican press. Join discussion...

ASCIANO has been chosen as preferred bidder for a $7 billion project in Saudi Arabia, as part of a consortium member of the so-called Tarabot group. Asciano shares rose as much as 5 per cent in morning trading after the company said it had been chosen in the consortium, involving seven Saudi Arabian partners, as preferred bidder to build the Saudi Landbridge project. Join discussion...

The Tarabot Consortium, led by Arabian Company for Power & Water Development (Acwa Power), is set to be named preferred bidder for the $2.5bn Saudi Landbridge rail project. The consortium will edge out three other bidders, assuming its submission complies with the technical requirements of the bid to link the kingdom's Gulf and Red Sea coasts, via Riyadh. Join discussion...