CVRD LOOKS FOR LINK-UP WITH FOREIGN Al SMELTER

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CVRD has intensified talks with potential alumina customers which could see the Brazilian company buy into an overseas aluminium smelter. CVRD "would be prepared to take a minority stake in an aluminium smelter outside Brazil if this were to allow it to sell more alumina," said CVRD executive director of participations and development Antonio Miguel Marques, before departing on an international roadshow designed to better acquaint international markets and the overseas investing public with the company. "CVRD is currently involved in three different negotiations to this end," Marques said, without specifying where these smelters are, It had previously been indicated a decision on one of these opportunities may be reached before yearend. The roadshow - which embraces more than tan countries, including the USA and several in Europe - may also be connected with talks on a CVRD link-up with a foreign smelter.