Vale doesn’t rule out IPO or merger of base metals unit ahead
Vale announced deals to sell a 13% stake in the business for $3.4 billion to Saudi Arabia's Ma'aden and US firm Engine No. 1.
Vale announced deals to sell a 13% stake in the business for $3.4 billion to Saudi Arabia's Ma'aden and US firm Engine No. 1.
Vale posted net income of $892 million, while analysts polled by Refinitiv had forecast a profit of $2.21 billion.
Vale Base Metals is expected to invest $25-30 billion in new projects across Brazil, Canada and Indonesia over the next decade.
The firm produced 78.74 million metric tons of iron ore between April and June.
The plan includes the development of the first hybrid railway in Brazil.
Vale is challenging BHP’s claim that the two miners should split any fines over the deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund may strike the deal for a roughly 10% stake of Vale's nickel and copper operations.
Valentine is considered the largest undeveloped gold project in Atlantic Canada and is scheduled to begin production by the first quarter of 2025.
The board of directors is to analyze binding offers for a 10% stake that could be valued at $2.5 billion.
Work at the S11D mine is part of a plan to be able to supply 260 million tons from its northern operations by 2025.
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