Vale reported iron ore sales at 77.3 million tons in the quarter, down 3.1%, with the company's average realized price of iron ore fines landing at $85.1 per ton, a 13.3% fall.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian miner Vale produced 83.6 million metric tons of iron ore in the second quarter, up 3.7% from a year earlier, the company reported on Tuesday. In its output and sales ...