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• CVRD acquires 75 percent of Inco in US$19 billion deal

  - 2006-12-01

  Brazil-based Companhia Vale do Rio Doce CVRD took control of more than 75 percent of Canadian nickel producer, Inco on Oct. 24.It was announced that 75.66 percent of Inco shareholders tendered their shares to CVRD for US$86 per share, Inco is the second largest nickel miner in the world. The...

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• Miners in world power struggle.

  - 2005-10-06

  Byline: Barry FitzGerald Oct 06, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The remaining four major independent mining groups in North America are prime takeover targets. ...

  Tags: BHP Billiton, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Phelps Dodge Corp., Rio Tinto, Xstrata Plc.

• Companhia vale do Rio Doce - Brasil

  - 2002-01-01

  COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, conglomerado minero de Brasil, le compro al gigante minero norteamericano Phelps Dodge el 50% que aun no tenia en la mina de cobre Sossego, por US$42.5 millones.

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• Brazil: Vale ends restructuring with new executive from Chile.

  - 2001-10-17

  Brazil, Oct 16, 2001 A Chilean, Mr. Diego Hernandez, has been appointed as the new executive officer in the area of non-ferrous metals of CVRD Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. This area is mostly concerned with copper and gold. Vale is planning to develop...

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• Brazil : CVRD mades proposal for Ferteco.

  - 2001-03-11

  Brazil, Mar 8, 2001 CVRD Companhia Vale do Rio Doce has made a formal proposal for the acquisition of Ferteco Mineracoes, controlled by Thyssen Krupp. The company will face competition with BHP, Rio Tinto, LKAB, Phelps Dodge and Anglo American. Ferteco, based at MInas...

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