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...