In September this year, Brazilian miner Vale’s iron ore export volume totaled 22.52 million mt, declining by 6.1% compared to August and by 14.6% compared to September 2021, according to Brazil’s National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase).

In the first nine months of the current year, Vale’s iron ore exports decreased by 17.0 % year on year to 169.66 million mt.

Meanwhile, in September this year Vale’s iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 3.78 million mt, moving up by 130.3 % year on year and by 99.3 % month on month.

In the January-September period of this year, Vale’s iron ore sales in its domestic market totaled 19.19 million mt, increasing by 44.5% as compared with the same period last year.