October 21, 2024--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), one of the world's largest iron ore producers, reported output of 91 million metric tons of iron ore in third-quarter 2024, setting the highest quarterly volume since fourth-quarter 2018. The production was 12.9% higher than the previous quarter and 5.5% stronger than third-quarter 2023.