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Accounts receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Accounts Receivable |
Schedule of accounts receivable |
Schedule of accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |
| Notes |  | December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Receivables from customer contracts |  |  |  |  |
Related parties | 31 |  | 211 |  | 109
Third parties |  |  |  |  |
Iron Solutions |  |  | 3,132 |  | 3,023
Energy Transition Materials |  |  | 984 |  | 668
Other |  |  | 35 |  | 162
Accounts receivable |  |  | 4,362 |  | 3,962
Expected credit loss |  |  | (43) |  | (48)
Accounts receivable, net |  |  | 4,319 |  | 3,914
Schedule of sensitivity of the Company's risk on final settlement |
Schedule of sensitivity of the Company's risk on final settlement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Year ended December 31, 2022
|  | Thousand metric tons |  | Provisional price (US$/ton) |  | Change |  | Effect on Revenue (US$ million)
Iron ore |  | 25,052 |  | 112 |  | +/- 10% |  | +/- 281
Iron ore pellets |  | 83 |  | 164 |  | +/- 10% |  | +/- 2
Copper |  | 79 |  | 10,236 |  | +/- 10% |  | +/- 81

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