Vale: 11 of 21

 Sorowako has been in operation for over 40 years
PROCESSING

Vale Indonesia delays smelter rebuild

PT Vale Indonesia will make final investment decisions for two smelter projects in 2021.

08 September 2020

The deep-water harbor at Ningbo port
PROCESSING

Vale opens 'green' grinding hub in China

Grinder will make a cleaner raw material for pellet making.

26 August 2020

The system can store enough energy to power 45,000 homes for one hour
POWER

Vale uses battery storage at ore terminal

Battery storage can reduce the final cost of energy consumed at the port by almost 20%.

25 August 2020

 Barragem 5 dam in Minas Gerais state
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale activates emergency protocol for another dam

Level one emergency protocol for Barragem 5 tailings dam.

30 July 2020

Vale will trial a fully electric switchyard locomotive at its Tubarão operations in Espírito Santo state
MANAGEMENT

Vale to trial electric locomotive

Fully electric switchyard locomotive is a first for Brazil's mining industry.

29 July 2020

 An illustration of Nokia's networks at work at a mine site
TECHNOLOGY

Nokia, Vivo bring private LTE to Vale project

Vale's Carajás mine in Brazil is part of miner's Industry 4.0 project.

28 July 2020

Firemen returning from a Brumadinho search operation in 2019
PROCESSING

Vale's dry concentration pilot holds tailings promise

Vale estimates that by 2024, 70% of its production will come from dry or natural moisture processing

16 July 2020

Kobelco's Tosyali DRI plant in Algeria
TECHNOLOGY

Kobe Steel, Mitsui and Vale in low-carbon steel venture

New venture would use Kobelco's MIDREX process and a low-carbon pig iron process from Vale.

13 July 2020

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Automation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations using autonomous solutions in every region and sector, including analysis of the factors driving investment decisions

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Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2023 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of current exploration rates, trending exploration technologies, a ranking of top drill intercepts and a catalog of 2022 Initial Resource Estimates and recent discovery successes.