MPX announced today that the Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry of Colombia granted the environmental license for the Cañaverales open-pit mine, authorizing MPX to begin construction works.

MPX, an energy company of Eike Batista’s EBX Group, will once again sponsor actions by the Peter Pan Association (APP) by building a park adjacent to the Pediatric Center for Cancer (CPC). A total of R$ 250,000 will be invested in installing a recreation area with a lake, creek, trees and toys for the children and youth under treatment at the hospital, which is a reference in humanized treatment in the Northeast region. The cornerstone will be placed on Thursday, October 20th. The sponsorship complements the R$ 1 million donation made in 2010 by MPX for finishing the CPC.

Mining company MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A., part of entrepreneur Eike Batista’s EBX Group, released this Monday (7/11) its 3Q11 results. In this period the company had record sales of 2.1 million tons of iron ore.