Brazilian iron ore miner CVRD wins Canada's Inco, becomes world's No 2 in mining

摘要

The announcement on 24~(th) September that the Canadian nickel producer inco Ltd had agreed to be acquired by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce means that another of the largest mining companies in Canada will be brought under foreign control. In August, Falconbridge Ltd, Canada's second-largest nickel miner, was acquired by Xstrata of Switzerland. Inco and the zinc giant Noranda, predecessor of Falconbridge, were long among the international mining community's biggest operators.