Vale resumes the extraction of giant iron ore in Brazil

Vale Brazilian mining company again opened the Capanema mine located in the southeastern state of Minas-Direas.

The operation is part of the Mariana complex and can add up to 15 million tons of iron ore per year to the production of the company. 2025. The mine was part of the Minas da Serra Gerel (MSG), the joint venture Vale and Kawasaki Steel, which lasted three decades, until 2016, when Vale acquired its partner in the company. Aglomerate without waste formation, using self-propelled trucks and long-distance conveyors to transport ore to the Timbopepa ore terminal, from where the ore will go by rail to the port of Tubaran, in the neighboring state of Espirita Santa. At 325-335 million tons in 2025 and 340-360 million tons in 2026.