Canada also raised concerns last year with layoffs at Canadian mines owned by mining giants Vale and Xstrata, which bought Inco and Falconbridge, respectively, in 2006.

去年加拿大也开始担忧在矿业巨头Vale和Xxtrata公司拥有的矿业员工裁员。2006年Vale和Xstrata分别收购了Inco和Falconbridge。

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No wonder that Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, a big Brazilian iron-ore producer, is buying Inco, one of the two Canadian nickel firms gobbled up in recent deals.

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