For Gerdau, one of the largest long steel producers in the world, Nathan conducted study to estimate the availability and use of ferrous scrap, a vital raw material for new steel production in three countries, i.e., Peru, Mexico and Argentina. … Read More
The Government of Ecuador granted a 50-year concession to a private operator/investor to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain, own, and manage a 27 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant with an estimated investment cost of US$45 million. On behalf of the Inter-American … Read More
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) sought assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project to strengthen the authority’s regulatory capability. The objective was to avoid a second downgrade of the Philippines’ civil … Read More
The petroleum sector in Colombia has been a major beneficiary of the improved security situation, relatively sustained economic growth, and a liberalized foreign investment regime. While Colombia’s production had generally been allocated for domestic consumption, production surpassed domestic demand in … Read More
The USTDA awarded several grants to support the expansion of the port sector in Colombia, including one to fund feasibility studies associated with terminal rehabilitation at the Port of Salgar. The port is located along the Magdalena River near the … Read More
Support for Legal and Regulatory Reform in Telecommunications: Nathan Associates advised the Government of the Republic of Palau on drafting a new telecommunications law to enable effective competition. Some of the provisions in the law covered a modern spectrum licensing … Read More
Nathan was selected to perform a cost benefit analysis of the Panama Canal and its inter-related activities on the Panamanian Economy. The canal zone had expanded to include a set of inter-related activities increasingly linked to international trade and less … Read More
Container trade in Peru has significantly expanded in the last decade, but it is concentrated mainly in Callao and in a small portion of the northern port of Paita. Callao’s historic share of the country’s container market is stable and … Read More
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) provided financing to a private consortium to operate the Juan Santamaría International Airport, the gateway to Costa Rica. Nathan conducted a due diligence analysis of the sponsors’ development … Read More
A private client was interested in investing in a coal mine project in Colombia, and hired Nathan to review the business opportunities. The project included a review of two concessions to exploit coal (El Hatillo and Cerro Largo), equity participation … Read More