Onça Puma
Mining
Type
Operating
Status
🇧🇷 Brazil, Pará (Carajás Iron Province)
Country
Project information
As at 31 December 2025
Aggregation level:
Asset
Aggregation level:
Asset
Report standard:
Sec S K 1300
Report standard:
Sec S K 1300
Ownership %:
90
Ownership %:
90
Operator:
Yes
Operator:
Yes
Extraction:
Open Pit
Extraction:
Open Pit
Description
As at 31 December 2025
Onça Puma is Vale's Brazilian nickel operation (open pit + ferro-nickel smelter) in Pará. The site's second furnace commenced operations in September 2025 — on schedule and under budget — adding 15 ktpa of nickel production capacity and increasing the site's nominal capacity to 40 ktpa. Both furnaces are expected to operate at full capacity from 2030 onward.
Mining metrics
Multiple effective dates
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