NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced a definitive agreement under which Apollo-managed affiliates, funds and other long-term investors will invest $600 million to acquire a 50% interest in a joint venture entity related to the Vale Oman Distribution Center ("VODC") from Vale S.A. ("Vale" or the "Company"). VODC operates a maritime terminal in Sohar, Oman, with a large deep-water jetty and an integrated iron ore blending and distribution center with a nominal capacit ...

Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Last October I updated my view on Vale (NYSE:VALE) citing that iron ore prices were likely to remain higher for longer given that its main customer, the Chinese steel sector, was exporting its "over capacity" and maintaining a steady demand for iron ore while the supply was generally balanced. While this has been the case that I believe will continue, the stock price is down 10% (-2% with dividends) worse than its Australian peers, and suggests the market has ful ...

Now I would like to provide more color on our realized all-in premiums for the quarter. Vale has many sites and a broad product portfolio, ranging from high silica products that trade at discounts compared to the benchmark to direct reduction pellets with a 67% iron ore content. Typically, high silica products from the southern and southeastern systems are blended with Carajás to create our main product, BRBF. This is a premium product with low alumina and 5% silica content. As the average silica content na ...

Agreement Details - Ero Copper Corp has signed a definitive earn-in agreement with Salobo Metais S A, a subsidiary of Vale Base Metals Limited, to earn a 60% interest in the Furnas Copper Project located in the Carajás Mineral Province in Pará State, Brazil [1] - The terms of the Agreement align with the previously signed binding term sheet outlined in the Company's press release dated October 30, 2023 [2] Company Overview - Ero Copper Corp is a high-margin, high-growth, low carbon-intensity copper producer with operations in Brazil and corporate headquarters in Vancouver, B C [3] - The Company's primary asset is a 99 6% interest in the Brazilian copper mining company, Mineração Caraíba S A, which owns the Caraíba Operations including the Pilar and Vermelhos underground mines and the Surubim open pit mine, and the Tucumã Project [3] - The Company also owns 97 6% of NX Gold S A, which owns the Xavantina Operations, an operating gold and silver mine located in Mato Grosso, Brazil [3] Additional Information - For more information on the Project, including location maps, geologic cross sections, historical drill intercepts and a description of the Company's work programs, refer to the Company's press release dated October 30, 2023 [2] - Additional information on the Company and its operations, including technical reports on the Caraíba Operations, Xavantina Operations and Tucumã Project, can be found on SEDAR+ and EDGAR [3]

VALE S.A. (VALE) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock. Revisions to Earnings Estimates VALE is expected to post earnings of $0.40 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +100%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed -3.1%. The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS est ...

The Federal Reserve has raised its policy interest rate by 5.25 percentage points since March 2022. It is now substantially above all main U.S. inflation measures, most notably versus the PCE Index used by the Fed to set its inflation target. I have talked about the risk of resurging inflation for more than a year in my articles. It's one of the reasons I have pushed gold/silver investments, and why I now believ increasing your exposure to oil/gas names makes sense. Two of my latest articles were on Texas/O ...

Shares of the company witnessed a loss of 8.16% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Basic Materials sector with its loss of 4.67% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.38%. For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $2.17 per share and a revenue of $41.5 billion, demonstrating changes of +18.58% and -0.69%, respectively, from the preceding year. Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from t ...

Shareholder Value FAST Graphs Takeaway Pros: CUHRIG Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) is making headlines again. Concentration of critical materials used in selected clean energy technologies vs. traditional electricity generation methods Source: EY analysis of IEA mineral requirements for clean energy transitions and publicly available sources. This year, we even got a massive squeeze that propelled copper futures to new highs as the market started to panie about potential supply shortages down the road. As we can see ...

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In the context of valuation, VALE S.A. is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 5.19. This valuation marks no noticeable deviation compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 5.19. The Mining - Iron industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 242, which puts it in the bottom 4% of all 250+ industries. VALE S.A. (VALE) closed the most recent trading day at $11.25, moving -0.35% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S& ...