Brazil's CSN iron ore, container ports operate normally despite city's request

摘要

S?o Paulo—Brazil's Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional said April 19 its iron ore and the container port terminals operations are running at a normal pace, without interruptions, despite an act April 16 by local authorities at Itaguaí requesting their halt, alleging "various environmental irregularities." CSN operates two terminals at the Port of Itaguaí, in Rio de Janeiro: the bulk solids terminal (Tecar) and the container terminal (Sepetiba Tecon). Tecar has the capacity to export 45 million mt/year of iron ore, and it is where coke and coal used in steelmaking arrive. Sepetiba Tecon is a load hub port, the largest container terminal in Rio de Janeiro and one of the largest in Brazil in its segment. CSN, through its subsidiary CSN Minerac?o, is Brazil’s second-largest iron ore exporter after Vale.