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3 Maximize flight-to-quality in Iron Ore
Capacity resumption is key to remove
inefficiencies and promote cost savings...
Timbopeba site
Production costs (US$/t)
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27
2021
-20%
21
2022
-29%
15
Medium term
2022: 12% production increase in 2022 and
normalized railway operations
Note: Production costs includes C1 cash costs and stoppage expenses.
Medium-term: Start-up of Capanema project in 2H23
with dry processing
Vargem Grande complex
Production costs (US$/t)
2021
-5%
2021
2022
+31%
Brucutu site
Production costs (US$/t)
-34%
-11%
2022
Medium
term
Medium
term
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2022: Resumption
conveyor belt in 4Q21,
reducing use of trucks
Medium-term: Capacity
reaching over 50 Mtpy,
with fixed cost dilution
2022: Ramp-up of tailings
filtration plants (new way
to operate) and reduction
of the share of dry/high-
silica products, increasing
costs
Medium-term: Capacity
reaching over 28 Mtpy,
with fixed cost dilution
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