October 07, 2008

Vale awards Northern Iron Ore System upgrade to Tenova

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce has selected once more Tenova for a new expansion step of its Brazilian Northern Iron Ore System.

Tenova has been awarded following contracts

1. A turn key supply of two identical Stackers of 16.000 tonnes per hour, 55 meter boom length each, at Carajas mine site.

2., Tenova obtained another Contract for n1 Stacker machine of 20,000 tonne per hour capacity, 55 meter boom length, and n.1 Reclaimer of 11,000 tonnes per hour capacity, 50 meter boom length at St Luis iron ore shipping terminal.

Further 5 machines having the same technical features are expected to be supplied later on.

The global development plan of Vale is bound to expand the Northern system shipping Terminal, expected to reach an iron ore export capacity of 130 millions tonnes per year, as well as to improve the up stream production capacity at its Carajas mine.