2021-09-23 Vale's iron ore exports up 6.1% in January-August

Sep. 23, 2021 - In August this year, Brazilian miner Vale’s iron ore export volume totaled 28.10 million mt, up 14.8 percent compared to July and decreasing by 3.5 percent compared to August 2020, according to Brazil’s National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). In the January...

2021-09-07 Vale seeks to expand two iron ore open pits

Sep. 7, 2021 - Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale will hold online public consultations in an effort to expand its Tamanduá and Capitão do Mato iron ore open pits. Vale said this week the public consultation is scheduled for September 28. The company said it seeks to expand the two open pits to continu...

2017-10-23 Vale produce 95.1 Mt iron ore in 3Q17

The Northern System, which comprises Carajás, Serra Leste and S11D, achieved a quarterly record of 45.0 million tonne in 3Q17, 8.5% and 16.4% higher than in 2Q17 and 3Q16, respectively, mainly due to the ramp-up of S11D, which is advancing according to plan, plus better operational performance in the mine and plant...

2017-07-21 Vale produce 91.8 Mt iron ore in 2Q17

July 21, 2017 - Vale’s iron ore production achieved a record for a second quarter of 91.8 Mt in 2Q17, 5.6 Mt higher than in 1Q16 mainly due to the better operational performance in the Northern System and the weather-related seasonality. Production was 5.0 Mt higher than in 2Q16 due to the S11D ramp-up ...

2017-07-20 Vale produce 86.2 Mt iron ore in 1Q17

July 20, 2017 - Vale’s iron ore production reached a record for a first quarter of 86.2 Mt in 1Q17, 8.6 Mt higher than in 1Q16 mainly due to the ramp-up of the S11D and Itabiritos projects in the Southeastern System. Production was 6.2 Mt lower than in 4Q16 due to usual weather-related seasonality in th...