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Iron Ore Mine
Usiminas East (Mineração Usiminas Mining Complex) Mine
26th-largest iron ore mine in Brazil of 34 · top 45% worldwide (#166 of 372)
- Operator
- Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, Sumitomo Corp
- Owner
- Mineração Usiminas SA
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~2.66 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1973
Comparable iron ore mines · Brazil · 34 ranked
- #1Vale Serra Norte Complex Mine
- #24Gerdau Várzea do Lopes Mine
- #25Usiminas West (Mineração Usiminas Mining Complex) Mine
- #26Usiminas East (Mineração Usiminas Mining Complex) Mine
- #27ArcelorMittal Andrade Mine
- #28BEMISA Baratinha Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Minerita Lagoa das Flores Mine2.4 km · Iron Ore Mine
- ArcelorMittal Serra Azul Mine3.4 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Usiminas Central (Mineração Usiminas Mining Complex) Mine4.8 km · Iron Ore Mine
- 500 kV line18 km · Transmission Line
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)