Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD).

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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 giant, sold Fazenda Fazenda is a Portuguese word for 'farm', but is used in the English language for the coffee estates that spread within the interior of Brazil between 1840 and 1896, which created major export commodities for Brazilian trade, but also led to intensification of slavery in Brazil. Brasileiro to Canadian mining company Yamana Resources for US$20.9 million. With the sale of Fazenda Brasileiro, CVRD's only gold mine, the company will halt gold production until mid-2004, when it will begin producing gold as a by-product of copper production.

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Title Annotation:	sold Fazenda Brasileiro gold mine; Brazil
Comment:	Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD).(Brazil)(sold Fazenda Brasileiro gold mine)
Publication:	Latin Trade
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1CANA
Date:	Sep 1, 2003
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