Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vale ma ʻApelila 6, ua komo ka ʻoihana i loko o kahi ʻaelike me J & F Mining Co., Ltd. ("ka mea kūʻai") i kāohi ʻia e J & F no ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka minera çã ocorumbaense reunidas A.、MineraçãoMatoGrossoS. A., internationalironcompany, Inc. a me transbargenavegaci ó nsociedadan ó NIMA i kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike paʻa ma nā ʻāpana āpau i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka ʻoihana. Loaʻa i ka ʻoihana ma luna nei ka hao hao, ka manganese ore a me nā waiwai logistics o ka ʻōnaehana komohana o Kina. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻaelike e lawe ka mea kūʻai i nā kuleana a me nā kuleana āpau o nā ʻaelike logistics "lawe a uku paha" ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana o ka hoa paio. Wahi a nā ʻōlelo i ʻaelike ʻia, ua waiwai ʻia ke kālepa ma kahi o US $1.2 biliona, me kahi hui o nā waiwai e hāʻawi ana i ka US $110 miliona i ka EBITDA i hoʻoponopono ʻia o Vale i ka makahiki 2021. Ma hope o ke kālepa ʻana, e loaʻa iā Vale ma kahi o US $150 miliona a hoʻoili i nā kuleana ʻaelike logistics "take or pay" a me nā kuleana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā waiwai o ke kālepa ʻana i ka mea kūʻai me ka ʻae ʻana o ka hoa paio.
E hoʻomau nō hoʻi ka mea kūʻai 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 kūlana mua, me ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o ke Komisina Hoʻomalu o Brazil no ka palekana waiwai (Cade), ka ʻoihana halihali wai aupuni o Brazil (antaq), ke Komisina Palekana Lahui o Brazil (CDN) a me nā luna hoʻoponopono ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 2021, ua hana ʻo China West system i 2.7 miliona tone o ka hao hao a me 200,000 tone o ka manganese ore. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā waiwai o ka China West system e ka hoʻokaʻawale kālā paʻa, e kūlike ana me ka hoʻolālā a Vale no ka hoʻomaʻalahi ʻana i ka waihona hoʻopukapuka kālā a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻoihana nui a me nā manawa ulu.