International Railroad Discussion > The new iron ore facility near here (Brazil)

   Yesterday 09/03/24,  I visited the new iron ore facility under construction near Nova Granja railroad yard. VLI first ore train was loaded there yesterday and a friend invited me to take a look on it. Train M968 (M stands for "minério" - ore) had 84 GDE class ore cars with 100 tons gross tons each. A trio of Vale mining GE BB40-9W's were sent to take this first train. The video and pics of that train will be added in a different thread soon. Now, let me show the Nova Granja Intermodal Terminal by images and video done with my cell phone and DJI drone.

1) A drone view of the intermodal terminal for lime, limestone, steel and now for iron ore too;

2) A space for three more tracks for iron loading;

3) The area is huge and will receive much more cargos in the near future. 
 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/24 18:31 by pedrop.

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4 - 6) More views of the huge area od the Nova Granja intermodal terminal with the first consist of Vale mining ore cars being loaded yesterday.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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7 - 8) The front loaders loading the consist of VLI train M968;

9) The new space for iron ore and the area for unloading steel coils from the containers and load limestone in the same containers.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/24 18:31 by pedrop.

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10) Sorry, but the video was recorded in cell phone mode. I didn't perceived the model while recording with the drone. It was a hot day, 33C and very dry, 24% of humidity after more than 140 days without any rain.  

Pedro

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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11 - 12) Pictures taken with my cell phone;

13) One of the many ore trucks that do a 110 Km trip to bring the ore to the Intermodal Terminal.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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Nice shots of what looks like a huge facility, very interesting. Nice video Pedro! You dry weather is worst than our dry spell. Going to be 98 here tomorrow and thru the weekend.

Larry

That is going to be a huge facility.  I would imagine the front loaders will give way to tipple loading when the project is complete.   I see both large gauge and narrow gauge track.

Is the iron ore mined right there or trucked in from another location?  Is the limestone mixed in with it or treated as a separate commodity?

Hi, the iron ore is mined 110 km (69 miles) away and trucked to this loading area. The limestone is treated as a different commodity and sent to the steel mills daily in trains with 84 gondolas and 36 flat cars with two containers each.

jtwlunch Wrote:
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> Is the iron ore mined right there or trucked in
> from another location?  Is the limestone mixed in
> with it or treated as a separate commodity?

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

The steel coils comes from the steel mills inside the containers that carry limestone for them.

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> jtwlunch Wrote:
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> > Is the iron ore mined right there or trucked in
> > from another location?  Is the limestone mixed
> in
> > with it or treated as a separate commodity?

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/24 16:39 by pedrop.