Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vale ma ka lā 6 ʻApelila, ua komo ka hui i kahi ʻaelike me J & F Mining Co., Ltd. (ka "mea kūʻai mai") ​​i hoʻomalu ʻia e J & F no ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ka minera çã ocorumbaense reunidas A.、MineraçãoMatoGrossoS.A. , internationalironcompany, Inc. a me transbargenavegaci ó nsociedadan ó NIMA i pūlima i ka ʻaelike paʻa ma nā ʻāpana āpau i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka hui.ʻO ka hui ma luna nei e paʻa i ka hao hao, manganese ore a me nā waiwai logistic o ka ʻōnaehana komohana o Kina.Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻaelike e lawe ka mea kūʻai aku i nā kuleana āpau a me nā kuleana o nā ʻaelike logistic "lawe a uku" ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana o ka counterparty.Wahi a nā ʻōlelo i ʻae ʻia, ʻoi aku ka waiwai o ke kālepa ma kahi o US $ 1.2 biliona, me kahi hui o nā waiwai e hāʻawi ana iā US $ 110 miliona i ka EBITDA i hoʻoponopono ʻia e Vale ma 2021. Ma hope o ke kālepa ʻana, e loaʻa iā Vale ma kahi o US $ 150 miliona a hoʻoili i ka "lawe a uku paha. ” nā kuleana aelike logistic a me nā kuleana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā waiwai kālepa i ka mea kūʻai aku me ka ʻae o ka counterparty.
E hoʻomau ka mea kūʻai aku i ka hana ma ke kumu o ka mālama ʻana i nā limahana āpau.ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana o ke kālepa e pili ana i ka ʻoluʻolu o nā preconditions, me ka ʻae ʻana o ka Brazilian Administrative Commission for Economic Protection (Cade), ka ʻoihana lawe ala wai ʻāina ʻo Brazilian (antaq), ka Brazilian National Defense Commission (CDN) a me nā mana hoʻoponopono ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 2021, ua hana ʻo China West i ka 2.7 miliona tons o ka hao hao a me 200000 tons o manganese ore.Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ke kūʻai ʻana i nā waiwai o ka ʻōnaehana Kina West e ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke kapikala koʻikoʻi, e like me ka hoʻolālā a Vale no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka waihona kālā a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻoihana nui a me nā manawa ulu.