Vale S.A. is a leading global mining company, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with operations spanning over 30 countries and a workforce of over 195,000. The company specializes in the production and sale of iron ore and iron ore pellets, which are essential raw materials for steelmaking. It operates through three main segments: Ferrous Minerals, which focuses on iron ore, manganese, and ferroalloys; Base Metals, which includes nickel and its by-products such as copper and cobalt; and Coal, which extracts both metallurgical and thermal coal. Additionally, Vale is involved in the logistics sector and produces various other commodities, including fertilizers and platinum group metals. Established in 1942, Vale has evolved to become the world's largest producer of iron ore and the second-largest producer of nickel.
Boston Metal is a provider of industrial-scale, metals production solutions utilizing its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) process. MOE provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower cost, and greener solution for the production of a wide array of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks. Boston Metal was spun-out of MIT in 2012 with an investment from Ingo Wender and has since scaled the technology 1,000x and produced thousands of kilograms of metal. Boston Metal’s headquarters and industrial development center are located in Woburn, MA.
Boston Metal is a provider of industrial-scale, metals production solutions utilizing its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) process. MOE provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower cost, and greener solution for the production of a wide array of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks. Boston Metal was spun-out of MIT in 2012 with an investment from Ingo Wender and has since scaled the technology 1,000x and produced thousands of kilograms of metal. Boston Metal’s headquarters and industrial development center are located in Woburn, MA.
Ferrous Resources do Brasil S.A. engages in the acquiring, mining, processing, and supplying of iron ore to the steel industry in Brazil and internationally. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Ferrous Resources do Brasil S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Ferrous Resources Limited.
Potasio Rio Colorado
Acquisition in 2009
Potasio Rio Colorado manufactures, mines, and distributes potassium chloride.
Inco Limited
Acquisition in 2006
Inco Limited was a Canadian mining company and the world’s leading producer of nickel for much of the 20th century.