Iron ore has the highest quarterly production of the story: get to know our operational results in the third quarter of 2015

19 October 2015

Our Production Report for the third quarter of 2015 was released on this Monday, October 19. The document provides an overview of our operations in the period.

The highlight was the strong operating performance of iron ore 88.2 Mt, representing the highest quarterly production in the company history.

As part of our previously announced strategy, less efficient operations, including beneficiation plants in the Feijão, Jangada, Pico, Fabrica and Brucutu operations, totaling annual capacity of 13 Mt, were shut down in 3Q15. Nonetheless productivity gains in other operations partially offset the production stoppage at the above mentioned beneficiation plants. The iron ore volume acquired from third parties was also reduced in 3Q15.

Download 3Q15 Production Report and read about our performance.

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