Vale S.A operates in the Iron ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Vale S.A with three other
iron ore producers in developing countries:
Shandong Geo-mineral Co Ltd
of China
(2018
sales of 3.05 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$455.14 million]
),
Godawari Power & Ispat Limited
of India
(25.27 billion Indian Rupees [US$364.20 million]
of which 96%
was Steel Segment), and
NMDC Limited
which is
also
based in India
(116.15 billion Indian Rupees [US$1.67 billion]
of which 99%
was Iron Ore).
Sales Analysis.
Vale S.A reported sales of 134.48 billion Brazilian Reals (US$34.24 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
an
increase of 23.9%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were 108.53 billion Brazilian Reals.
This was the third consecutive year of growth at Vale S.A.
Sales of Ferrous Minerals saw an increase
of
28.1% in 2018, from
80.29 billion Brazilian Reals to 102.84 billion Brazilian Reals.
Not all segments of Vale S.A experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Fertilizers fell 92.9% to 397.00 million Brazilian Reals.
Vale S.A also experienced decreases in sales in
Others (down 14.4% to 1.09 billion Brazilian Reals)
.