Vale to invest more than USD 6 billion on port and rail expansion

Steel Guru | July 29, 2011 | 1:30 pm Europe Latin America Iron Ore Potash

Iron ore miner Vale announced plans to invest more than USD 6 billion in expanding its port, railway and potash production capacity to keep up with booming demand for raw materials in Brazil such as fertilizer, sugar and grains. Mr Mario Barbosa CEO of

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