Vale's iron ore exports up 16.16 percent in January

In January this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 21.03 million mt, increasing by 16.16 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase).
 
Meanwhile, in January this year Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 1.14 million mt, decreasing by 17.06 percent year on year.