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Circular Mining: Vale Base Metals and BluestOne sign long-term offtake agreement to repurpose refinery waste in Brazil
Under the terms of the agreement, both companies also agree to work together to explore additional circular economy opportunities for treatment and repurposing further waste products from Onça Puma as well as other Vale Base Metals operations globally. This includes potentially bolstering BluestOne's production of recycled nickel recovered from waste products around the world.
The MOU also envisages cooperation between Vale and BluestOne to explore additional sustainability partnerships including utilizing the fertilizer from slag for biomass production.
Deshnee Naidoo, CEO of Vale Base Metals, said:
Marcelo Carratú, BluestOne's Co-Founder, said:
Vale Base Metals is North America's largest integrated nickel producer and among the largest copper businesses globally, with the scale, resources and capital to deliver critical minerals essential for the global decarbonization and electrification megatrends. The company has secured agreements to supply low carbon and high purity nickel to major automakers and is strategically focused on expanding mine life and development of growth projects across the portfolio.
BluestOne is a leader in South America in transforming environmental liabilities into high-quality, high-performance products and low-carbon solutions for sectors including the automotive industry, technical applications such as welding, abrasive electrodes, and fertilizers. BluestOne has its headquarters in Saltinho, São Paulo state, Brazil .
Media Relations Office – Vale, media.valebasemetals@vale.com
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