Vale maintains Itabira iron ore output, beats court closure order

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Brazil’s Vale has overturned a court order requiring it to close its Itabira iron ore mines for coronavirus testing of employees, the company said late Friday. The company said all its activities continue at the mine complex, in its southeastern Brazil system. The Itabira complex produced 35.9 million mt of iron ore in 2019. Vale said it won an injunction from an Itabira court to maintain production in Itabira, quashing an order to close the site which had been issued by the Regional Labor Superintendent.