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Vale and Port of Açu to develop green steel hub

Vale and the Port of Açu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study the development of a Mega Hub at the port located in São João da Barra in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to produce hot briquetted iron (HBI) using the direct reduction route.

 Porto do Açu - São João da Barra/RJ credit: Prumo Logística

Porto do Açu - São João da Barra/RJ credit: Prumo Logística

The Mega Hub will initially receive pellets from Vale and could, in the future, include an iron ore briquette plant at site to supply the direct reduction route at the industrial complex. According...

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