Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (CVRD). (Panorama: Brazil).

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Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is a global diversified mining company, the second largest mining company in the world, and the largest logistics operator in Brazil. (CVRD CVRD Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Brazilian mining company)
CVRD Cowichan Valley Regional District (Vacouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)
CVRD Converter, Variable Resistance, to DC Voltage ), a Brazilian iron ore producer, bought the 50% it didn't already own of Brazil's Caemi Mineracao e Metalurgia for US$426.4 million from Japanese trading company Mitsui. Mitsui also purchased a 15% stake in Valepar, the company that controls CVRD, for $830 million from Bradespar, the investment arm of Brazil's Banco Bradesco Banco Bradesco, short for Banco Brasileiro de Descontos, that is 'Brazilian Discount Bank', is one of the Big Four banks in Brazil, the others being Banco do Brasil, Banco Itaú and Unibanco. Bradesco is the largest private bank in Brazil. .

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Title Annotation:	acquires outstanding Caemi Mineracao e Metalurgia stake
Comment:	Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (CVRD). (Panorama: Brazil).(acquires outstanding Caemi Mineracao e Metalurgia stake)
Author:	Diaz, Oscar
Publication:	Latin Trade
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	3BRAZ
Date:	Jun 1, 2003
Words:	59
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