CVRD, Brazil's giant iron-ore miner, and other investors to develop a new slab plant on Brazil's north-east coast.

ECONOMIST: Steel

CVRD, a giant mining firm, has its own railway and port.

ECONOMIST: The private sector revs up its bulldozers

Upstream producers such as Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), the world's largest producer of iron ore and pellets, are trying to get into the business of making quality steel.

ECONOMIST: On a roll | The

Pangaro likes Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (nyse: RIO - news - people ), known as CVRD, a mining and metals giant that benefited from a 71% increase in iron ore prices last year and a 19% rise this year.

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