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Vale gets green light for railway expansion

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2012 | 7:03 pm Europe Latin America Iron Ore 

On Monday Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world's number one iron ore producer, was granted an environmental permit to expand the Carajás railroad (EFC), a key part of its plans to increase iron ore production in the Amazon. The South American...

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