Explore example interactive dashboards and create your own. Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has reported a rise in earnings to $ 20 m in the second quarter of 2018 compared with $ 16 m last year with revenue rising 19 % YoY to $ 8.62bn , thanks in part to record iron ore output together with high prices . Despite a national truckers ' strike , iron ore sales were up 5.8 % compared with the same period in 2017 , helped by production from the company ’s newly developed S11D mine , the largest of its kind in the world , which alone saw output rise 23 % . High Chinese investment helped Brazilian iron ore prices grow 22 % in Q2 .
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has reported a rise in earnings to $ 20 m in the second quarter of 2018 compared with $ 16 m last year with revenue rising 19 % YoY to $ 8.62bn , thanks in part to record iron ore output together with high prices . Despite a national truckers ' strike , iron ore sales were up 5.8 % compared with the same period in 2017 , helped by production from the company ’s newly developed S11D mine , the largest of its kind in the world , which alone saw output rise 23 % . High Chinese investment helped Brazilian iron ore prices grow 22 % in Q2 .