Vale Base Metals

Vale Base Metals had the honour of hosting Deputy Governor Amakawa Kazuhiko and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) team at our Salobo and Sossego mines in Para, Brazil. Together, we continue to build our strong partnership for mutual investment in the energy transition sector.   During their visit, the group witnessed our world-leading automated mining operations, including driverless trucks in an iron ore mine – a groundbreaking initiative that sets a target for automation across all mines by 2030.  Thank you to JBIC for taking the time to join us. We look forward to bringing many opportunities to life together.  #TransformTogether

O Forno 1 de Onça Puma, em Ourilândia do Norte no Pará, voltou a produzir ferro-níquel, após uma reforma preventiva focada na segurança que durou seis meses. Além de manter equipamentos vitais, a manutenção planejada contribui para condições seguras para os empregados e a comunidade local. A reforma ocorreu em conjunto com uma parada geral da usina de Onça Puma, resultado de dois anos de planejamento. Mais de 30 empresas participaram da iniciativa, gerando cerca de 1.300 empregos temporários na região.

#ICYMI: On July 2, our Sossego Mine in Brazil celebrated its 20th anniversary! 🎉 “It is a very important milestone for people, for the community, for the municipality of Canaã dos Carajás, which in October will also celebrate 30 years of existence,” said Vinicius Assis, Operations Director at Sossego.  “These were years of great challenges, many achievements, and a lot of development for the people who work here within our operations. "Our unit is transforming and evolving every day with the people who are present here.” More than 4,000 people worked during the mine's construction phase and, currently, approximately 2,000 people work in the operation Join us in celebrating! Watch the video below to hear from our team members about their Sossego experience! Happy birthday, Sossego!! 🎂 #SossegoMine #WeAreValeBaseMetals #TransformTogether

A Vale Metais Básicos concluiu a reforma do Mercado Municipal Leopoldo Bispo, após sete meses de trabalho!⚒ A obra executada por Onça Puma, através do Projeto Forno 2, representa um avanço significativo para a comunidade local. O novo mercado acomoda cerca de 90 feirantes e possui áreas para boxes, lanchonete, quiosques, açougue, peixaria e lojas, espaços para feiras itinerantes e para valorizar a produção agropecuária da região.🐟🌷 "A revitalização do Mercado Municipal trará benefícios para os feirantes e para a população que poderá usufruir de mais um espaço diferenciado na cidade. Essa entrega é mais um marco importante da parceria da Vale Metais Básicos com a comunidade de Ourilândia do Norte e região", disse Kilma Cunha, diretoria da unidade de Onça Puma.

Sossego turns 20!!🎉 On July 2nd, our Sossego Mine in Brazil celebrated its 20th anniversary! When it first came into operation in 2004, Sossego marked Vale's entry into the global copper market, helping to transform it into one of the largest diversified mining operations in the world. The mine quickly became a major contributor to the development of Canaã dos Carajás, a nearby city of nearly 80,000 people in the state of Pará in Brazil Today, Sossego is an integral part of Vale Base Metals - a significant producer that will help turn our vision to become the world's leading energy transition metals company into a reality. To commemorate this very special occasion, celebrations will be taking place at Sossego throughout the month, including a special lunch enjoyed by our team on Tuesday! Happy birthday, Sossego!! 🎂 #SossegoMine #WeAreValeBaseMetals #TransformTogether

#BreakingNews: We are excited to announce that Vale Base Metals is the newest member of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition’s (FNMPC) Sustaining Partner program!   The FNMPC is a non-profit organization comprised of 170+ Indigenous communities across Canada. Its goal is to advance strategies that promote meaningful First Nation inclusion in major developments and articulate First Nation perspectives concerning environmental, ESG investment standards, and participatory and sustainable business practices.   As a Sustaining Partner, we will work with FNMPC to further support First Nation participation and inclusion in critical mineral projects and mining operations, ensuring that First Nations communities benefit economically, socially and environmentally from these developments.   Together, we are paving the way for a future where Indigenous perspectives drive sustainable and responsible resource development.   Read the press release at the link below! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gFb62FXj #TransformTogether #WeAreValeBaseMetals #EnergyTransitionMetals

On Tuesday, we hosted a new global Town Hall as Vale Base Metals, broadcasting live to thousands of our team members worldwide from the North Atlantic Operations Centre (NAOC) in Sudbury! Our global Town Halls serve as a vital platform for our employees and operations across diverse regions– Canada, the UK, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and more – to come together, build trust and align with our shared vision and mission of improving lives and transforming the future, together. 🌎 Our global town halls are just one way that we live up to and embody one of our most important values – open and transparent dialogue. We’re proud to foster connections that transcend borders, and, as we look ahead, we’re excited about the journey and possibilities that lie before us! #WeAreValeBaseMetals #TransformTogether #EnergyTransitionMetals

Exciting News! The Pyrrhotite Resource Recovery Innovation Challenge received a whopping 40 innovative proposals from all around the globe! 🚀   Thank you to all those who applied! These proposals will help us to unlock value from waste and transform the future through the development of sustainable practices! 🌎   These applications are currently under review. Stay tuned for the announcement of our innovation laureates in late September, 2024, who will be awarded $25,000 CAD! 💰♻️ Check out the map below to see where our applicants are located!   #Innovation #Sustainability #ResourceRecovery

#DidYouKnow: June is Indigenous History Month in Canada? In honour of Indigenous History Month, members of the Sudbury Operations Indigenous Employee Advisory Council and Vale Base Metals employees gathered together last week for the annual planting of the Residential School Memorial Garden at our North Atlantic Operations Centre in Sudbury. The Residential School Memorial Garden was designed and developed in consultation with the Sudbury Operations Indigenous Employees Advisory Council in 2021. Its unique design features a turtle, indicative of Turtle Island, which is the name that many Indigenous Peoples use to refer to North America and/or Canada. The garden itself is planted with shrubs and perennials carefully selected for their healing, medicinal and traditional properties and are planted according to the colours of the medicine wheel. The garden is a small yet important step forward in our journey towards Truth and Reconciliation and in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action for the business sector to help address the ongoing impact of residential schools on survivors and their families. The garden also provides our employees and the community with a quiet place to reflect and contemplate those it honours- throughout Indigenous History Month, and all year round. #WeAreValeBaseMetals #TransformTogether

A few weeks ago, the hosts of Cambrian College’s Unlikely Innovators visited our Integrated Remote Operations Centre (iROC) at our North Atlantic Operations Centre in Sudbury for a very special episode of their podcast! 🎙 In honour of the International Day of Women in Mining (#IDWIM), they sat down with four remarkable women who are making a significant impact in the mining industry through their work at iROC. 👷🏽♀️ From lab tech to scoop operator, hairstylist to hard rock miner, dietician to driller and more, Sabrina, Kim, Carole and Christina generously shared their unique career journeys, what they find most fulfilling about their work, and their valuable advice for other women pursuing unconventional - or unlikely - career paths. Click the link in the comments below to watch! #WeAreValeBaseMetals #TransformTogether #WomenWhoRock #IAmMining