Vale to Shutter Mozambique Coal Operations for 3 Months
- Company switching focus to metallurgical variety from thermal
- Brazilian firm’s mines account for bulk of country’s exports
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Vale SA, the Brazilian mining giant, plans to place its Mozambican coal operations on maintenance for three months, essentially closing the tap on about one-third of the southeast African country’s export earnings.