Vale Mining Company Will Open 800 New Jobs With Less Polluting Product in Espírito Santo

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 10/09/2021 at 15:48

Complexo de Tubarão/ Fonte: A Gazeta

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The Production of the “Green Briquette” by the Mineradora Will Initially Be Carried Out at Pelletizing Plants 1 and 2 in the State of Espírito Santo

Yesterday (09/09), the mineradora Vale presented a new product, developed over nearly 20 years, that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 10% in the steel production of its steelmaking customers. The “green briquette” will initially be produced at pelletizing plants 1 and 2 at the Tubarão Unit in Vitória, Espírito Santo, which are being converted for this purpose. About 800 new jobs will be created during production. Also, see this news: Mineradora Vale Maintains Legal Dispute with Aneel Over Hydroelectric Plant

Watch an Interesting Video About the Green Briquette from Embrapa

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Adaptation of Two Plants in the Tubarão Complex in Espírito Santo

Two plants in the Tubarão Complex in Vitória, Espírito Santo, will be adapted to manufacture the new product, and according to the mineradora Vale, 800 jobs will be created in this process in 2022. An additional 120 positions will be needed to operate the facilities.

Plants 1 and 2 of Vale have been idle since 2019. It is in these plants that green briquettes will be produced, which are made from fines and super fines of iron ore and a binding formula (a type of “glue”) capable of withstanding the high temperature of the blast furnaces at steel mills without disintegrating.

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The Development of the “Green Briquette” by Vale

The new product began to be developed in 2004 by researchers from Vale’s then Ferrous Technology Management in Vitória (ES). In 2008, the management was absorbed by the Ferrous Technology Center (CTF) in Nova Lima (MG), where studies on the briquette continued. The CTF is a high-level research unit created by the company to develop products that improve the industrial processes of Vale’s steelmaking customers.

The first industrial tests took place in 2019 in a charcoal furnace. In 2020, tests were conducted in a large-scale coke oven. “Based on the satisfactory results, we considered that we were ready to begin construction of the first plants to commercially launch the product,” says the Marketing Director of Ferrous, Rogerio Nogueira.

Since announcing its scope 3 target, Vale has been formalizing partnerships with steelmaking clients to discuss decarbonization projects. In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Ternium on August 19, for example, the initiation of technical and economic studies was agreed upon to evaluate the feasibility of constructing a “green briquette” plant located at the steel mill’s installations in Brazil.

Vale Mining Company Will Open 800 New Jobs With Less Polluting Product in Espírito Santo

The Production of the “Green Briquette” by the Mineradora Will Initially Be Carried Out at Pelletizing Plants 1 and 2 in the State of Espírito Santo

Watch an Interesting Video About the Green Briquette from Embrapa

Adaptation of Two Plants in the Tubarão Complex in Espírito Santo

The Development of the “Green Briquette” by Vale

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Vale Mining Company Will Open 800 New Jobs With Less Polluting Product in Espírito Santo

The Production of the “Green Briquette” by the Mineradora Will Initially Be Carried Out at Pelletizing Plants 1 and 2 in the State of Espírito Santo

Watch an Interesting Video About the Green Briquette from Embrapa

Adaptation of Two Plants in the Tubarão Complex in Espírito Santo

The Development of the “Green Briquette” by Vale

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China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

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