In December last year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 28.63 million mt, remaining almost stable compared to December 2015 and rising by 7.5 percent compared to November, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). In 2016, Vale's iron ore exports increased by 7.4 percent year on year to 315.26 million metric tons.
Meanwhile, in December last year Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 1.27 million mt, increasing by 22.5 percent year on year and up by 5.6 percent month on month. In 2016, Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market totaled 14.28 million mt, rising by 13.5 percent year on year.