Brazilian iron ore and pellets producer Samarco reported that its production of pellets has reached an accumulated 20 million mt, since restarting operations in December 2020.
During this period, 200 ships were loaded by Samarco, with pellets destined to steel producers in the Americas, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
According to the company, since the restart of operations, the company is not using waste dams in its process, using instead the disposal by filtering and dry stacking, currently covering 80 percent of its production, based on a new filtering and stacking plant built for that objective. The 100 percent coverage is expected for the next months.
In 2023, the company is investing the equivalent to $330 million for the sustainability of operations, including the decommissioning of the Germano Dam, which collapsed in 2015.