Brazilian miner Vale has announced that on June 6 it achieved a single-day production record with a total production of 15,859 mt of direct reduced pellets at line A in its Oman pellet plant. The previous record for Line A was set on February 21, 2014 with a total of 15,624 mt.
In its industrial complex based in Sohar, Vale operates a pelletizing plant, with two lines, each one nominally capable of producing 4.5 million mt of direct reduced pellets per year, and a distribution centre able to handle 40 million mt per year. The distribution centre enables Vale to store large amounts of raw iron ore available on a just in time basis. In this way, the company can at any time meet demand for iron ore products in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, including India.