In March this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 22.47 million mt, increasing by 13.75 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). In the first quarter of the current year, Vale's iron ore exports increased by 16.87 percent year on year to 62.31 million metric tons.
Meanwhile, in March this year Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 1.28 million mt, increasing by 11.36 percent year on year. In the first quarter this year, Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market totaled 3.55 million mt, down 5.92 percent year on year.
Source:
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