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Vale (NYSE:VALE) +0.6% post-market after reporting Q4 net profit surged to $5.4B, beating analysts forecasts of $4.7B, helped by accounting positive factors from the reclassification of cumulative international change positive factors, as reported by Reuters.
The positive factors have been partially offset by larger bills associated to the 2019 Brumadinho dam catastrophe, together with a further $1.7B provision associated to the decharacterization of upstream dams
This fall adjusted EBITDA fell 23% Y/Y to $6.96B and under $7.1B reported in Q3, reflecting a decrease realization worth for iron ore.
Vale additionally introduced the distribution of dividends to shareholders of three.7018 reais/share, equal to ~$3.5B.
Vale reported not too long ago that Q4 iron ore production fell 2.4% Y/Y whereas iron ore gross sales edged 0.4% larger.
Individually, collectors from the Vale-BHP Samarco iron ore three way partnership rejected the new restructuring plan proposed by the corporate, Bloomberg studies.
Vale’s worth return has dropped 3.5% over the past year but has increased 23% YTD.
