Logistics

The output from the Bonito Mine is currently shipped by road and rail to the Port of Suape in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil.

It is carried 185 kilometers by road on special road/rail trucks to Juazeirinho in Pernambuco State, where it is transshipped to railcars operated by the Companhia Ferroviária do Northeast (CFN) railroad for a further 350 kilometers to the Port of Suape.

After offloading at this Port through hoppers, the ore is stored in a retro-port area covering 35,000 m², with a storage capacity of 300,000 tons.

Carriers are loaded by two ship loaders with an hourly capacity of 1,200 tons, in berths that can moor vessels with draughts of up to fifteen meters.