Vale (VALE) has brought forward a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its two pellet plans in Oman in a bid to reduce potential impacts from the recent Middle East conflict, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the plan.

The shutdowns were initially planned in H1, but have now been brought forward by a few weeks, the person told the news outlet.

The Brazilian mining giant isn't contemplating tweaking its full-year production outlook, according to the report.

Vale didn't immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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