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Iron Ore Mine
Samarco Germano Alegria Complex Mine
11th-largest iron ore mine in Brazil of 34 · top 19% worldwide (#70 of 372)
- Owner
- Samarco Mineração SA
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 31.33 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~9.6 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1991
Comparable iron ore mines · Brazil · 34 ranked
- #1Vale Serra Norte Complex Mine
- #9Vale Paraopeba Complex Mine
- #10Anglo American Minas-Rio Mine
- #11Samarco Germano Alegria Complex Mine
- #12Vale Serra Leste Complex Mine
- #13Comisa Igarape Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Vale Mariana Complex Mine4.0 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Vale Timbopeba Mine5.8 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Cedro Mariana Mine15 km · Iron Ore Mine
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)