Vale Q2 iron ore output up 2.4% from a year earlier
The company reported output of 80.6 million metric tons for the steel-making ingredient in the three-month period ended in June.
The stock of imported iron ore last week was 400,000 metric tons higher than one week earlier, or up 0.4 percent week-on-week, according to the index compiled by the Xinhua News Agency to track iron ore inventories and imports in Chinese spot markets.