[www.ferro-alloys.com] The world's largest iron ore producer, Vale announced that the company’s iron ore production was 77.54 million tons in the 1st quarter of this year (excluding Samarco productions and third-party procurement), an increase of 0.2% year on year, down by 12.3% month on month, fell mainly due to the weather conditions.
In the 1st quarter of this year, the company’s pellet production was 11.478 million tons, an increase of 0.8% year on year, an increase of 10.6% month on month, for the production output growth is mainly due to repair part of the pelletizing plant in the 4th quarter of last year has now resumed production. Vale's production in 2016 target remained at 3.4~3.5 million tons.

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