Key Facts

—The financing. The Merchant Marine Fund (FMM) approved R$6.59 billion (US$1.3 billion) for the Porto Sul port in Ilhéus, Bahia.

—The owner. Porto Sul is a project of the miner Bamin, designed to ship out cargo from the FIOL railway.

—The corridor. FIOL’s first stretch runs 537 kilometers from Caetité to the Ilhéus coast.

—The ore. It links the Pedra de Ferro mine, targeting 26 million tonnes of iron ore a year once operating.