Vale targets mid-2017 for restart of Samarco pellet output

摘要

Vale continues to consider a resumption of operations at Brazilianpellet producer Samarco in mid-2017, the miner’s sustainability andcompliance executive director, Clovis Torres, said on TuesdayNovember 29.“The licensing process [of paperwork filed with Brazilianauthorities] is continuing,” he said during Vale Day in New York. “Weagreed with BHP Billiton to go ahead with a licence that takes intoaccount the use of Vale’s [tailings deposit] infrastructure bySamarco.”