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Iron Ore Mine
Vallourec Pau Branco Mine
14th-largest iron ore mine in Brazil of 34 · top 25% worldwide (#92 of 372)
- Operator
- Vallourec SA
- Owner
- Vallourec Tubos do Brasil Ltda
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 8.7 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~6 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1982
Comparable iron ore mines · Brazil · 34 ranked
- #1Vale Serra Norte Complex Mine
- #12Vale Serra Leste Complex Mine
- #13Comisa Igarape Mine
- #14Vallourec Pau Branco Mine
- #15ArcelorMittal Serra Azul Mine
- #16Herculano Itabirito Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Cedro Mina do Gama Project Mine8.4 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Cedro Sape Mine8.7 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Vale Paraopeba Complex Mine11 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Subestação Nova Lima 613 km · Substation / Converter
- Subestação Barreiro17 km · Substation / Converter
- Belo Monte HVDC (Bipole 2)17 km · Transmission Line
- 500 kV line21 km · Transmission Line
- Aureliano Chaves power station22 km · Power Plant · 235 MW · gas
- Data Center (Ministério Público de Minas Gerais)25 km · Data Centre
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)