Gustavo Pimenta, Vale’s Vice President of Finance, announced plans to boost copper production to an impressive one million tons. Additionally, the executive aims to double the company’s nickel output. During a seminar on investment and governance, Pimenta highlighted Vale’s leadership in these specific metals. The firm is notably the dominant producer of nickel in the […]
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