By Stephen Eisenhammer, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MMX, the mining part of the industrial conglomerate EBX owned by Brazil’s richest man, Eike Batista, is entering the final phase of construction of its iron ore export port in Itaguai, on the Sepetiba bay in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 75 km southwest of the city.
The port, dubbed the Sudeste Superport, is due to start operations at the beginning of 2013, shipping an expected twelve million tons of iron ore in its first year. The port’s total capacity is fifty million tons, with the option . . .
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