Reuters reported that Vale SA, the world's second largest mining company, said in a statement that it resumed operations on the Carajas Railway in Brazil's Amazon two days after a protest by Brazilian Indian groups blocked the line.

The 892 kilometer Carajas railway is responsible for the shipment of about 10% of the world's sea-borne iron ore exports as well as the transport of other Vale minerals, pig iron, Brazilian agricultural products and petroleum. It also operates passenger transport services.

Vale is the world's largest iron ore producer and the Carajas railway carries about a third of its 300 million tonnes of output a yea

Source - Reuters
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