Brazil · Infrastructure
Key Facts
—Ruling: Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court voted 8-1 on Thursday to uphold a 2017 law that reduced the Jamanxim National Park in Pará state by 862 hectares, clearing the constitutional challenge that had blocked the Brazil Ferrogrão soy railway since 2021.
—Project: The Ferrogrão (EF-170) is a 933-kilometer freight corridor designed to connect Sinop in Mato Grosso state to the port of Itaituba on the Tapajós River, giving Brazilian soy and corn producers a northern export route through Amazon ports rather than the congested southeastern terminals.
—Economics: The government estimates the railway could eliminate roughly R$7.9 billion ($1.4 billion) in annual logistics waste once operational and avoid approximately 3.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year over the 69-year concession.
