Brazil's iron ore exports increased to 116Mt in January-May from 104Mt in the same 2013 period, said iron ore and base metals association Sinferbase.
Mining giant Vale accounted for 107Mt of the shipments, while pellet producer Samarco – a 50:50 JV between Vale and BHP Billiton – exported 8.07Mt.
ellet exports in the first five months totaled 18.0Mt, down from 18.6Mt.
Domestic iron ore sales fell to 10.1Mt from 10.4Mt.
Sinferbase members include Vale and its Itabrasco, Nibrasco, Hispanobras and Kobrasco units; Samarco, resource group Anglo American, and local iron ore miner MMX.
Source: BN Americas
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