Brazilian miner Vale has inaugurated an iron ore grinding hub at a terminal owned by the China-based Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group (NZP), with three production lines and capacity for as much as 3 million tonnes per year, the company said on Tuesday August 25.
The first product to be designed at the grinding hub will be GF88, high-grade fines made from iron ore produced in Caraj??s (IOCJ), the top-tier deposit owned by Vale in northern Brazil. According to Vale, it will provide a "green" solution to pellet production and help steelmakers to reduce their carbon emissions."GF88 is a truly 'green' mineral product. It enjoys high iron content, low impurities and low loss-on-ignition characteristics," the company's ferrous director, Marcelo Spinelli, said at the inauguration. "It also deploys a unique, innovative and environmentally friendly production process, which...