Tag: CVRD

Brazil’s Mining Giant Vale to Charge Chinese and Japanese 11% More for Iron Ore

The world's largest iron ore miner, the Brazilian Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, said ...

Brazil’s Mining Giant Vale Investing US$ 59 Billion in Next Four Years

Brazilian mining company Vale do Rio Doce is going to invest heavily in increasing ...

Brazil Has Latin America’s Two Largest Companies: Petrobras and Vale

State-controlled oil multinational Petrobras and mining company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), both ...

Brazil Gave Away World’s Second Largest Mining Complex. The People Want it Back

In a plebiscite organized by 200 social organizations from Brazil, almost four million people ...

Brazil After Lula: Some Predictions

It is not too early to begin thinking about what will happen when Lula ...

Brazil’s National Referendum Challenges Privatization of Mining Giant CVRD

From September 1st to 9, social movements from all over Brazil held a popular ...

With Surging Nickel and Copper, in Brazil Not All That Glitters Is Iron

The record high profit posted by Brazilian mining company Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) ...

Brazil’s CVRD Buys Canadian Inco and Becomes World’s Second Largest Mining Co

The Brazilian mining company CVRD (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce) announced today, October 24, ...

200 Indians Invade Brazilian Multinational CVRD and Demand Better Compensation

Indians demanding greater compensation from mining operations in the Amazon region have invaded a ...

Germany and Brazil Join Forces in US$ 3 Billion Steel Project

Luiz Fernando Furlan, Brazil’s Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, participated last week ...