MMX Mineração e Metálicos (MMX) reported
in mid-April that LLX Logística has
obtained the necessary preliminary environmental
license for construction of Port
Sudeste, a shiploading terminal with a
capacity of 50 million mt/y of iron ore.
MMX and LLX are both member companies
of the EBX Group, a Brazilian conglomerate.
Port Sudeste is to be located in the
municipality of Itaguaí, 80 km from Rio de
Janeiro and 4 km from the MRS rail network.
The port will handle production from
MMX’s Sudeste System mines in Minas
Gerais state, as well as production from
other mines in the district.
MMX and LLX have signed a long-term
contract for land lease and iron-ore handling
at Port Sudeste, and long-term financing
is in place. Current scheduling calls for
construction to begin during the second
half of 2009 and for activation of the port
in 2011. The MMX Sudeste System in
combination with the port will create “a
competitive integrated solution in Brazil of
high-quality iron ore mining coupled with
independent, efficient, and secure logistics
to export its production,” MMX said in its
statement announcing the port project.
As featured in Womp 2009 Vol 04 - www.womp-int.com