Business News
In This Section: Vale Financial and Production Reports
Q409 Production Report
February 24th, 2010OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2010 – Vale S.A. (Vale) faced in 2009 significant challenges brought by the great recession that caused one of the few episodes of global GDP contraction over the last 140 years of modern economic history. As a producer of minerals and base metals, the end consumers of our [...]
Performance of Vale in 2009
February 24th, 2010Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2010 – Vale S.A. (Vale) is reporting a solid
operational and financial performance in 2009. It was a year of significant challenges brought by the great recession that caused one of the few episodes of global GDP contraction over the last 140 years of modern economic history.
Vale Financial [...]
3Q09 Production Report
October 28th, 2009RETURNING TO GROWTH
Rio de Janeiro, October 28, 2009 – Vale S.A. (Vale) showed improving operational performance in the third
quarter of 2009, highlighted by the production increase of iron ore (+11.5%), pellets (+87.5%), ferroalloys
(+116.5%), bauxite (+15.7%), alumina (+5.5%), potash (+17.4%), kaolin (+8.1%), and metallurgical coal
(+64.5%) relative to the levels of 2Q09.
Vale Production Report Q3 2009 (PDF)
Performance of Vale in 3Q09
October 28th, 2009Rio de Janeiro, October 28, 2009 – Vale S.A. (Vale) announces a strong
operational and financial performance in the third quarter of 2009 (3Q09),
returning to growth after the impact of the global financial shock. The improved
performance reflects the underlying earnings power arising from our world-class
assets and strategic positioning, our efforts to weather the global downturn and [...]
2Q09 Production Report
July 29th, 2009Rio de Janeiro, July 29, 2009 – Vale S.A. (Vale) had a better operational performance in the second quarter of
2009, showing significant percentage increases in the production of iron ore (+23.1%), pellets (+47.4%),
manganese ore (+387.9%), platinum (+18.6%), palladium (28.6%), kaolin (+40.5%), and thermal coal
(+125.5%) relative to the low levels of 1Q09.
Vale – 2Q09 Production Report [...]
Performance of Vale in 2Q09
July 29th, 2009Rio de Janeiro, July 29, 2009 – Vale S.A. (Vale) announces its 2Q09 results, which reflect the transition to a new phase in which the reaction to the global financial crisis is starting to bear fruit, leading to a gradual lessening in risk aversion, declining costs and to the beginning of a recovery in demand [...]
Performance of Vale in 1Q09
May 6th, 2009Rio de Janeiro, May 06, 2009 – Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) reports a solid financial performance in 1Q09 in face of the most severe global economic downturn in the post-World War period.
Performance of Vale in 1Q09 (PDF)
1Q09 Production Report
April 28th, 2009WEATHERING THE STORM
Rio de Janeiro, April 28, 2009 – Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) is managing its production in line with its
assessment of market conditions prevailing in the short-term. In order to weather the severe global economic
downturn, we have been focusing on operational flexibility simultaneously changing our priority to cost
minimization from production maximization.
WEATHERING THE [...]
Strength and Flexibility – Performance of Vale in 2008
February 19th, 2009Rio de Janeiro, February 19, 2009 – Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) reports a strong operational and financial performance in 2008, highlighted by several production, sales and financial records.
Strength and Flexibility – Performance of Vale in 2008 (PDF)
2008 Production Report
January 31st, 2009ADJUSTING TO THE GLOBAL DEMAND SHOCK
Rio de Janeiro, January 21, 2009 – Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) is managing its production in accordance with the new global economic outlook emerging from the financial market stress, which has caused a strong recessionary impact on the real economy.
2008 Production Report (PDF)