In January this year, Brazilian miner Vale’s iron ore export volume totaled 15.88 million mt, down 32.5 percent compared to December and decreasing by 28.7 percent compared to January 2021, according to Brazil’s National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase).
Meanwhile, in the given month Vale’s iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 1.57 million mt, increasing by 11.3 percent year on year and down by 8.7 percent month on month.
