Brazil's Usiminas' Q2 iron ore shipments up 8% on year

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Brazil-based Usiminas said Thursday that its second-quarter iron ore shipments increased8% on the year to 1.772 million mt.The shipments, however, were down 7% quarter on quarter “due to lower sales volumesfor exports, partially compensated by domestic market third-party sales,” the steelmakerand mining company said in its earnings statement.