In January this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 20.3 million mt, decreasing by 3.6 percent year on year and down by 25.4 percent compared to December 2014, 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 2.07 million mt, increasing by 8.5 percent year on year and decreasing by 10.2 percent month on month.