Romeu Zema: In Minas, it's always among the state's largest exporters.
Romeu Zema: So I say that mastering the technology is fundamental, because Brazil cannot continue making the same mistakes of the past, as still happens with mining, which I am sad to see, with iron ore.
Iron ore in Minas undergoes beneficiation and is exported with little added value.
Romeu Zema: And Brazil then imports steel, mainly from China, to which it sold the iron ore.
Romeu Zema: So, for me, that's not the way.
