Brazilian group manages forests as well as mines

Brazilian group Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale), the world’s third-largest mining company by market capitalisation, is active not only in diversified mining, but also in transport, energy – and the environment.

Amazon bauxite deposit to be explored

Brazilian mining group Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) reported last week that it has won the international competition promoted by Paranapanema for the research, evaluation and exploration of the bauxite deposit in the Pitinga region of the...

South African giant is set to explore the Americas

SA explores the Americas

From the Wits Basin to Patagonia

The world’s largest gold producer is having to acclimatise itself to mining conditions far outside its traditional Witwatersrand-Basin experience. The acquisition by Anglogold of Minorco’s gold assets will take the company to such...