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 Latin America:
Compania Minera Santa Luisa S.A.
of Peru
(2017
sales of 301.75 million Peruvian New Sols [US$93.83 million]
),
Sociedad Punta del Cobre SA
of Chile
(149.76 billion Chilean Pesos [US$251.59 million]
of which 85%
was Copper Concentrates), and
MMX Mineracao E Metalicos S.A
(454,000.00 Brazilian Reals [US$134,320.44 ]
).
Sales Analysis.
Vale S.A reported sales of 108.53 billion Brazilian Reals (US$32.11 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2017.
This
represents
an
increase of 14.7%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were 94.63 billion Brazilian Reals.
Sales of Others saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
132.1% in 2017, from
548.00 million Brazilian Reals to 1.27 billion Brazilian Reals.
Vale S.A also saw significant increases in sales in
Coal (up 73.6% to 5.00 billion Brazilian Reals)
.
Not all segments of Vale S.A experienced an increase in sales in 2017:
sales of Fertilizers fell 13.9% to 5.57 billion Brazilian Reals.