Asset Report
Minas Centrais (Southeastern System) iron ore mine
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Report summary
Minas Centrais is a mining complex owned and operated by Vale in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The complex comprises one operating mine, Brucutu and produces a mixture of fines and concentrates. Products are aimed at the seaborne export market and Vale's pellet plants in Tubarão. In 2019, the complex's operation was halted due to the high risk of a dam failure. Vale then opted to license and initiate the construction of a new tailings storage structure, the so-called Torto Dam. The facility, along with Brucutu's tailings filtering plant and dry-stacking activities, will allow the mine to finally scale up production closer to its designed rate of 30 Mtpa.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key issues
- Emissions
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Minas Centrais (Southeastern System) Emission Intensity Quartile ranking – total global production - tonnes of ore
- Detail Map
- Participation
- Marketable reserves
- Production
- Production
- Operations
- Infrastructure
- Cash costs (US$/tonne)
- Cash cost
- Capital costs (US$ million)
- Product quality
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