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BHP, Vale shut down Samarco smelters

IN ANOTHER sign global commodity demand has slowed radically, Australian giant BHP Billiton and Brazilian major Vale have agreed to reduce pellet production from the Samarco joint venture in Brazil.

Kate Haycock
BHP, Vale shut down Samarco smelters

In an announcement released on Friday night BHP and Vale said Samarco would shut down two older iron ore pellet plants from the end of this month until mid-January next year. The shutdown will only...

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