Asset Report
Samarco iron ore mine
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Report summary
Samarco is a 50/50 Brazilian joint venture (JV) between Vale and BHP. The company runs a fully integrated iron ore mining, concentration, transport and pelletising operation. Pellets are shipped to the seaborne export market from the company's port facility at Ponta Ubu in Espírito Santo state. On 5 November 2015, two of Samarco's tailings dams ruptured causing extensive flooding and mudslides. After having its operations halted for five years, in December 2020, the company announced it was resuming operations after receiving the Corrective Operation Licence (LOC) from the State Council for Environmental Policy (COPAM). The company has a strong recovery plan in execution by which its ultimate capacity will be achieved by 2029.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key issues
- Emissions
Tables and charts
This report includes 13 images and tables including:
- Samarco Emission Intensity Quartile Ranking – total global production - tonnes of ore
- Detailed map
- Participation
- Marketable reserves
- Production
- Production
- Operations
- Infrastructure
- Cash costs
- Cash cost
- Capital costs
- Product quality
- Economic assumptions
What's included
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