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CEO - Samarco Mineração S.A; Chairman of Corporate Citizenship Board – Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais – FIEMG; President of CEAPE - Centre of Support to Small Businesses, Espírito Santo; Member of International Advisory Board of Fundação Dom Cabral; Member of the Board of “Citizenship Network”. José Tadeu graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) in 1979. In 2003 he participated in the Advanced Management Program from Fundação Dom Cabral / Insead, in Fontainebleau, France. |
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He started his career in Samarco in 1980, holding various positions in its units in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, with involvement in mining, processing, engineering and international marketing activities. He became CEO of the company in November 2003. Since then, he has actively contributed to Samarco’s growth, particularly the Third Pellet Plant expansion project, inaugurated in 2008, which increased the company’s production capacity by 54%.
José Tadeu is also at the head of a remodeling project of Samarco’s organizational culture seeking to develop an internal environment favorable to the strategic objectives of the company and its sustainable growth. In 2007, he launched the Samarco Social Investment Policy focused on transparency, objectivity and improvement in relationships with various stakeholders of the organization. Under his management, Samarco has won a series of awards from highly respected public and private institutions. Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, José Tadeu is married and has two children.
Samarco mineração s.a
Samarco Mineração S.A. is a company engaged in the mining, beneficiation, pelletizing and exportation of iron ore. Established in 1977, it today ranks second on the overseas pellet market, selling 100% of its products to over 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and the Americas. Samarco’s headquarters and main office are located in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais. The company has one industrial unit in Minas Gerais itself, in the municipalities of Mariana and Ouro Preto, location of its mining and beneficiation Germano Unit, and another in Espírito Santo, in the municipality of Anchieta, location of the Ponta Ubu unit which comprises the pelletizing and port facilities. The iron ore concentrate sent from Germano to Ponta Ubu is conveyed along a 396-km pipeline. The company also has an office in the city of Vitoria, Espírito Santo, for handling foreign trade and exchange operations, in addition to sales offices in Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Samarco's shareholding is equally divided between Companhia Vale (largest iron ore exporter in the world) and BHP Billiton (third largest iron ore producer worldwide).
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