São Paulo – The Brazilian EBX group announced this week the establishment of EBX International, aimed at coming closer to foreign investors in the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Europe, as well as prospecting new business for the holding company. The new company should be in New York, in the United States.
"With the opening of the EBX International office in New York, we are going to come closer to global investors. We are advancing on the international market to identify new business opportunities, with differentiated and efficient products tuned to what is best in the world," said Eike Batista, president of EBX group, in a company press statement.
According to the press statement, from 2010 to 2012, EBX Group will have invested US$ 15 billion in the five sectors it operates in: oil and gas, energy, logistics, mining and offshore industry.
EBX Group started its activities operating eight gold mines in Brazil, Chile and Canada, and three iron mines in Brazil in the early 1980s.
Apart from the EBX office in New York, MPX (the company energy group) and OGX (in the oil and gas sector) have offices in Colombia and MMX (in the mining sector) and MPX, in Chile.
*Translated by Mark Ament
