# Tag: Railways

- [Brazil’s first rail revival test: how to stop operators cherry-picking profitable tracks](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/brazil-minas-rio-railway-csn-private-rail-tender/) (2026-08-24): Minas-Rio project bundles an operating line serving steelmaker CSN with dormant tracks that require rehabilitation, setting a template for thousands of kilometers of idle railway.
- [Rumo Secures R$350 Million Climate Fund Loan for Hybrid Locomotives](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/rumo-bndes-climate-fund-hybrid-locomotives-biofuels/) (2026-01-19): BNDES-backed financing will fund six hybrid engines and 160 tank wagons to expand ethanol rail logistics.
- [Exclusive: CSN readies infrastructure spin-off as market bets on new logistics vehicle](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/csn-infrastructure-spin-off-logistics-deleveraging/) (2026-01-14): Strategic update is expected to outline platform combining railways, ports and terminals.
- [BNDES Backs Pulp Rail Link With Brazil’s First Infrastructure Debenture Under New Law](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/bndes-pulp-railway-infrastructure-debenture-law-14801/) (2025-12-25): State development bank subscribes R$1 billion in notes and adds bilateral loan to fund Eldorado rail project, pioneering capital-markets structure.
- [Cosan Sells Nearly 5% of Rumo While Keeping Economic Exposure Intact](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/cosan-sells-nearly-5-of-rumo-while-keeping-economic-exposure-intact/) (2025-12-15): Brazilian holding monetizes railway shares to boost liquidity, using derivatives to preserve its full economic stake and control dynamics.
- [Brazil Weighs Use of Navigation Fund to Link Railways and Ports](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/brazil-weighs-use-of-navigation-fund-to-link-railways-and-ports/) (2025-12-04): Government explores deploying part of the FMM’s R$ 24 billion balance to finance rail segments tied to port operations after a high-level technical meeting.