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Partners integrate operations across 15 distinct sites, at two major complexes

Vale starts operations at Vargem Grande filtering plant Vale filtration plant at Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais (Credit: Vale) Vale (NYSE: VALE) has gradually started operations at a waste filtering plant in the Vargem Grande complex, the first of four the company plans to install at sites in Minas Gerais, Brazil, at a cost of $2.3 billion between 2020 and 2024. In the filtration process, the existing water in the iron ore tailings is minimized, allowing most of the material to be stacked in a s...