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Mineral Ore Terminal brings billions in investment

As time passes, Suape has just gotten larger and larger. Over the be possible to export through Pernambuco.
past 45 years, the curve has always been upwards and now the port With the aid of this robust development project, it is projected
has received further impetus with the installation of a new Solid Bulk that Suape will move onto a whole other level. It is expected that the
Minerals Terminal. Investment totals R$ 1.5 billion and the undertak- port will receive 50,000 tons of minerals daily and see throughput of
ing will occupy a 51.8-hectare area within the Industrial Port Zone part 13.5 million tons per year, with storage capacity of 780,000 tons.
of the Complex, on Cocaia Island. The new shipments will generate Projections are equally promising for the employment market.
revenue of R$ 617.2 million in port fees over the 30 years of operation During construction, the terminal is expected to generate 2,700 di-
of the terminal. rect and indirect jobs. When fully operational, there will be 400 per-
The new railroad plays a vital role in enabling an undertaking to manent jobs. This is yet one more great achievement of the kind the
realize its maximum potential. The railroad will form a link between visionaries who created Suape imagined at the outset that will be-
the port and iron ore deposits in the State of Piauí, which it will now come a reality in the coming years.

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