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Iron Ore Mine
Vale Paraopeba Complex Mine
9th-largest iron ore mine in Brazil of 34 · top 6% worldwide (#22 of 372)
- Operator
- Vale SA
- Owner
- Vale SA
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 30.1 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~25.8 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 2003
Comparable iron ore mines · Brazil · 34 ranked
- #1Vale Serra Norte Complex Mine
- #7Vale Minas Centrais Complex Mine
- #8Vale Mariana Complex Mine
- #9Vale Paraopeba Complex Mine
- #10Anglo American Minas-Rio Mine
- #11Samarco Germano Alegria Complex Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Subestação Barreiro6.5 km · Substation / Converter
- Belo Monte HVDC (Bipole 2)7.0 km · Transmission Line
- Cedro Dois Irmaos Mine7.0 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Cedro Patrimonio Mine7.0 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Cedro Sape Mine8.7 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Data Center (Ministério Público de Minas Gerais)14 km · Data Centre
- Estreito Converter15 km · Substation / Converter
- 500 kV line16 km · Transmission Line
- Aureliano Chaves power station16 km · Power Plant · 235 MW · gas
- Subestação Taquaril18 km · Substation / Converter
- REGAP Betim21 km · Refinery · 166 kb/d
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)