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Accounts receivable (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2023
Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] |
Schedule of accounts receivable |
Schedule of accounts receivable |  |  |
| Notes | June 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022
Receivables from contracts with customers |  |  |
Related parties | 29 | 118 | 211
Third parties |  |  |
Iron Solutions |  | 2,146 | 3,132
Energy Transition Metals |  | 731 | 984
Other |  | 16 | 35
Accounts receivable |  | 3,011 | 4,362
Expected credit loss |  | (44) | (43)
Accounts receivable, net |  | 2,967 | 4,319
Schedule of sensitivity of the company’s risk on final settlement |
Schedule of sensitivity of the company’s risk on final settlement |  |  |  |
| June 30, 2023
| Thousand metric tons | Provisional price (US$/ton) | Variation | Effect on Revenue (US$ million)
Iron ore | 22,564 | 102 | +/- 10% | +/- 230
Copper | 77 | 7,811 | +/- 10% | +/- 60

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