Company News - Vale Brazil [more headlines]


FLSmidth wins large Vale order
Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:54 +0100
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$65 million from Vale


Latin American Markets: Brazil stocks lower ...
Sat, 12 May 2012 07:26:34 +0100
Brazilian stocks fell Friday afternoon, capping a losing week with a pullback in shares of miner Vale SA and a nearly 3% decline in Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SA shares following a drop in the steel producer's quarterly profit.


Firms benefit from iron ore trading platform ...
Wed, 09 May 2012 00:47:59 +0100
but the platform will bring opportunities for Vale to meet new small-scale Chinese steel producers and establish cooperation. We believe the new system will bring more transparency because the prices are not created by the platform, but reflect real ...


Promising start for China iron ore trading platform
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:31:00 +0100
An Australian cargo was among three sold via China's first physical iron ore platform on Tuesday, a promising start for the electronic trading system, although traders say volumes must rise before the bourse can create price benchmarks.The platform, run by state-owned China Beijing International Mining Exchange (CBMX), is the boldest effort so far by the world's top iron ore buyer to determine pricing, an area it believes has long been dominated by global miners Rio Tinto , Vale and BHP Billiton.


Audio: Iron Maiden Frontman Launches Business
Wed, 02 May 2012 10:14:48 +0100
Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden who is also a pilot is launching a company to repair and recondition commercial airliners based in a giant hanger in the Vale of Glamorgan.


Rains dilute Vale's profits
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:34:07 +0100
Vale, the world's largest iron ore miner, says first-quarter profit fell by nearly half from a year earlier because rains limited exports.


Brazil's Vale 1Q Results Seen Falling Due ...
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:46:41 +0100
Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR), the world's biggest producer and exporter of iron ore, is set to announce a fall in net profit and revenues for the third consecutive quarter on Wednesday due to unusually heavy rains and slow demand early in the year in China, its biggest customer for the steelmaking ingredient.


Brazil's Vale 1Q Results Seen Falling ...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:38:42 +0100
Global demand for iron ore and steel dipped early in 2012 as China's property market ... Vale's results should be soft, but with clearer skies ahead, said Flowcctvm analyst Renato Antunes. We expect profitability to pick up throughout ...


China steel makers flex muscle on ore platform
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:12:00 +0100
Caixin Online ) -- The world's largest iron ore supplier, Vale SA, signed an agreement on April 17 to join a newly launched spot trading platform for iron ore in ...


China iron ore demand to remain strong - Vale ...
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:32:50 +0100
* CEO's outlook comes as IMF warns of commodity slowdown * China "just getting going" - Vale CEO Ferreira * Iron ore at more than 5-month high in China spot market * Vale to invest more than ...


China iron ore demand to remain strong - Vale ...
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:47:00 +0100
Chinese demand for iron ore will remain strong, defying expectations of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, the chief executive of Vale SA, the top producer of the mineral, said on Tuesday."Those who have been betting against Chinese growth since the 1990s will be wrong again," CEO Murilo Ferreira told reporters in Rio de Janeiro. "China is just getting going."


China iron ore demand to remain strong - Vale ...
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:47:00 +0100
Chinese demand for iron ore will remain strong, the chief executive of Vale SA , the world's largest exporter of the mineral, told reporters in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday."Those who have been betting against Chinese growth since the 1990s will be wrong again," CEO Murilo Ferreira said. "China is just getting going."


Brazil's Vale, CSN Taxes To Rise On New Commodities ...
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:16:38 +0100
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian mining and steel producers including Vale SA and Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SA , will see their tax bills rise due to new measures introduced by Brazil's federal tax office on sales to overseas subsidiaries, Brazil analysts said Thursday.The new measures specify that Brazilian com... ... Read the full story at Fox ... (more)


Vale chooses GeoVisionary
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:28:24 +0100
Vale has adopted GeoVisionary software and installed a portfolio of Virtalis ActiveWorks 3D visualisation systems