Vale Launches Sustainability Project and Will Invest US$ 100 Million in Startups with Solutions for Mining

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Published on 09/06/2022 at 18:25

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The Need for New Environmentally Committed Alternatives in Mineral Exploration is Rising, and Vale Announced an Investment of US$ 100 Million for Startups Focused on Sustainability Solutions for Mining

The mining company Vale launched its latest sustainability plan on Wednesday, (06/08), and developed Vale Ventures, its Corporate Venture Capital initiative, which will focus on this segment. In this way, it will make an investment of US$ 100 million in search of startups focused on sustainable solutions to be applied in mining to mitigate the environmental impacts caused by mineral exploration in both Brazilian and international territory.

Vale Ventures is Vale’s New Bet to Bring More Sustainability to Mining, and the US$ 100 Million Investment Will Ensure Funding for Startups in the Field

After years of media controversy caused by the environmental irregularities of some of Vale’s mining operations, such as the disasters in Brumadinho and Mariana, the company is increasingly seeking to apply environmental solutions in its production chain. This time, the company decided to develop a new sustainability plan, creating its new subsidiary for the segment, Vale Ventures, which will focus exclusively on sustainable projects for mining.

But it wasn’t just the announcement of Vale Ventures that was made, as Vale also highlighted that it will be investing US$ 100 million in startups seeking sustainability solutions for mining. Thus, the company now aims to create new business opportunities and innovative technologies to incorporate into its operations, focusing on ESG practices within these solutions.

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Vale also emphasized that sustainable mining is the future of the segment and that industry giants, like itself, need to be committed to the environmental agenda in mineral exploration.

Thus, the head of Vale Ventures, Viktor Moszkowicz, commented on the company’s future and the importance of the new sustainability project of the mining company, stating that “We will collaborate with forward-thinking startups that bring great ideas and bold thinking to these monumental challenges. By building a portfolio of disruptive solutions, we can generate financial and strategic returns, creating new business opportunities, insights, and knowledge for Vale, clients, and society.” Finally, Vale highlighted in a statement: “Vale Ventures reinforces Vale’s commitment to innovation, which is key to improving people’s lives and transforming the future together with society.”

Mining Company Will Invest US$ 100 Million in the Search for Sustainability with Startups Focused on 4 Environmental Themes in Mining

Within Vale’s sustainability plan for the coming years, the startups in which the company will make a multimillion-dollar investment should focus on 4 specific themes in mining. The first is decarbonization in the mining chain, in which Vale will invest alongside its collaborators in solutions to minimize carbon emissions in operations.

In addition, there is waste-free mining, which has the primary objective of reducing waste generation in the company’s mineral exploration chain, thus generating new income streams with this initiative. There is also a focus on the theme of energy transition metals, meaning those that contribute to the production of entirely renewable and clean energy, and the company seeks solutions to accelerate the use of these metals in the field.

Finally, Vale’s sustainability plan will focus on a last theme, the mining of the future, whose main focus is the adoption of technology and digitalization in the company’s production chains, thereby ensuring more automation and technological efficiency in all of the company’s mining operations.

Vale Launches Sustainability Project and Will Invest US$ 100 Million in Startups with Solutions for Mining

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