MADRID | By Javier Flores and Tania Suárez | Major foreign investment operations in Spain are essentially financial and take place in strategic sectors. Bill Gates’ purchase of 6% of Spanish construction company FCC for €113.5 million is a good example. And the trend will continue and speed up in the coming months.
CADIS/LONDON | The European Union has made a decisive commitment to the pursuit of new sources of clean energy. The €12 million All-gas project, with EU funding of €7.1 million, can be considered a global benchmark.
LONDON/MADRID | A consortium led by FCC, will build lines 4, 5 and 6 of the city’s metro system for 6.07 billion euro. The consortium includes Samsung (Korea), Alstom (France), Strukton (The Netherlands), Freyssinet Saudi Arabia and engineering companies Typsa (Spain) and Setec (France).
LONDON/MADRID | FCC, the global infrastructure and environmental services company said it continues its corporate revamp with three new independent directors.
LONDON/VIDIN | The new Danube Bridge, which took six years to build, connects Vidin (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania). This project represents an investment of 275 million euro – partially funded by the European Union
ALGECIRAS/LONDON | As a result of this project, Açu will be the third-largest port in the world and the largest in the Americas with an annual capacity of 350m tonnes.
MADRID | In March, the company has also added and extended contracts worth over 200 million euro in Madrid, Ávila, Oviedo, Girona, Cantabria, León, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Pontevedra.
LISBOA| By José Alves | Capital Madrid| How the European Union prevents Russia from accessing strategic sectors, but when it comes to China the governments just seem to look away and open the door.
MADRID | FCC is set to modernise the largest Port in Peru, for 165 million euro and to upgrade the Trujillo sports complex, site of the Bolivarian Games.
Consortium around Hochtief to upgrade and extend airport infrastructure by 2014. The contract has been valued at €79,5 million.