Brazil iron ore producers MMX and Samarco saw diverging figures for iron ore exports in June 2014, the country’s iron ore industry association Sinferbase said.
While MMX had a 129.5 decrease in exports, Samarco saw a 33.2 percent rise in external sales. According Sinferbase, MMX exported 166,000 mt of the product in June 2014, down from 773,000 mt a year ago.
Samarco exported 2.5 million mt of the product in June 2014, up from 1.6 million mt a year ago.