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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Aluminium companies, Bauxite, Vale, List of alumina refineries, Aluminium in Russia, Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, Norsk Hydro, Tata Steel Europe, Rio Tinto Alcan, Asia Aluminum, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, China Zhongwang, Bauxite mining in Vietnam, Podgorica Aluminium Plant, British Aluminium, Pechiney, Anglesey Aluminium, Bayer process, List of countries by bauxite production, G.James Glass & Aluminium, Aluminium in Africa, Aluminium de Grece, Alumina Limited, Alro Slatina, Aluminum Bahrain, Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio, Slovalco, Aluminerie Alouette, Rio Tinto Aluminium, Alcasa, Tajik Aluminium Company, Halco Mining, Albras, Mozal, Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Austria Metall, Egyptalum, Qatalum, Alumina Company of Guinea, RUSAL ARMENAL, ETEM, Bauxite mining in Australia, Queensland Alumina Limited, Nippon Light Metal Company, Navard Aluminium, Iranian Aluminium Company. Excerpt: Vale S.A. is an Brazilian diversified mining multinational corporation and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. In addition to being the second-largest mining company in the world, Vale is also the largest producer of iron ore, pellets, and second largest of nickel. Vale also produces manganese, ferroalloys, copper, bauxite, potash, kaolin, alumina and aluminium. In the electric energy sector, the company participates in consortia and currently operates nine hydroelectric plants. Currently the company is listed on stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York, Paris, Hong Kong and Madrid Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (or CVRD, as the company was better known prior to 2007) was founded in Itabira, Minas Gerais, as a public company by the Brazilian Federal Government on June 1, 1942. One year later the Vitoria a Minas railroad was inaugurated. CVRD, just seven years after its foundation, was already responsible for ...
