On March 29, the first edition of the "Best of the Year" event took place, recognizing the outstanding employees and teams in 2021 at CMOC Brasil.  Held at the SESI Club in Catalão, the event was attended by the company's board of directors, who were present to deliver the awards and honor the employees.

"The 'Best of the Year' was a recognition built on meritocracy, a DNA attitude that values the potential and talent of each employee and is what makes the difference and contributes to CMOC being a company of excellence in the world market", said the director of HR and Corporate Affairs, Eduardo Lima, in his opening speech at the event.

The awards for the event were divided into two categories:  CMOC Brasil Cost Reduction Projects and Highlights of the Year of the CMOC Group.  The ‘Cost Reduction Projects’ Category awarded five projects, which were selected within the Cost Reduction Program launched in 2021 at CMOC Brasil.  In all, more than 200 projects were enrolled, and after a careful evaluation, 85 of them were classified as meeting the program's requirements. They were all implemented and contributed significantly to cost reduction and productivity increase, with a direct impact on performance indicators, which increased by 63% the result of our business, compared to 2020.

Find out about the award-winning projects for their outstanding contribution to cost reduction.

• Leaching Recovery Enhancement Project, which determined an annual reduction potential of USD 4.5 million.        Honorees: Daniel Gonçalves, Jaime Bento, Vinicius Godoy.
• BV/BVFR Plant Global Recovery Enhancement Project, which delivered an annual reduction potential of more than USD 6 million.   Honorees:  Fabrício Soares, Daisuke Yamaki, Wellington Souza, Ruitter Vale, Paulo Guimaraes Junior, Marcos Henrique Pacheco, Lenildo Moura, Juliano Valle, Elielton Trevisan, Douglas Oliveira, Geraldo Almeida and Alessandra Achcar Monteiro Silva.
• Phosphate Processing Recovery Rate Improvement Project, which has an annual reduction potential of USD 7.8 million.  Honorees:Glaucio Ferreira de Castro, Michele Teixeira, Ricardo Rezende, Vanessa Mendes da Silva, Rafhael Rodrigues, Lívia Candido, Plinio Amâncio, Carlos da Silva, Joel Arruda, Daniel David da Silva, Jean Silva, Matheus Coutinho and Alex Ferreira.
• Project for Consumption of Concentrate Stock with Above-Specification Levels in SiO2, with a reduction potential of close to USD 1.3 million per year.  Honorees:  Daniel Gonçalves, Vinicius Godoy, Daniel Caixeta, Daniel Pereira da Silva, Thiago Henrique Leão, Christiano Lobo de Oliveira and Yaowu Zhu.
• Global Recovery Enhancement Project of the Tailings Plant, which delivered an annual reduction potential of more than USD 700K.        Honoree:  Pauliano Cruz

The second category is part of CMOC's Global Recognition Program, for the election of employees and teams that were “Highlights of the Year” in the various company units around the world.   In Brazil, the nominations were based on the CMOC DNA, and after validation by our directors, a Headquarter Committee elected the employees to be recognized as references in our company.

Find out the Highlights of the Year 2021 at CMOC Brasil:

• Phosphate Processing Area Manager, Glaucio Ferreira de Castro.
• Processing Plant Maintenance Manager, Haiyan Zhao.
• Geometallurgy Geologist, Juliana Missiaggia Vargas.
• Human Resources and Communications Manager, Silvia Mendes Pinto.
• Human Resources and Corporate Affairs Director, Eduardo Lima.
• Production Technology Manager, Guangyu Du.
• Supply Contract Management, represented by: Xinjiang Liu, Roberto Jiang Chuanmeng, Vinicius Esquirio Torres, Erick Faria de Cascalho Leite, Changsheng Shi, Hogney Cleber Ribeiro Goncalves, José Paulo de Oliveira Magalhães, Jamilson Alves Da Nobrega, Vanilda Freitas Davanzo, Marcelo dos Santos Reis, Amarildo Mikael Borges Tomé, Liang Li, Eduarda Luiz Vaz Borges, Amanda Hellen dos Santos and Gabriela dos Santos Salvador.

The DCP Cubatão team is also among the recognized in the “Highlights of the Year” category, and they will participate in a special meeting in Cubatão/SP in the coming days. Along with them will also be the members of the Supply Contract Management team who are allocated in Cubatão and, for this reason, could not attend the event in Catalão/GO.