Companhia Vale do Rio Doce is one of the world's leading metallurgy and mining groups. Gross revenues break down by family of products and services as follows:

• ferrous minerals and metals (46.6%): ferrous minerals (77.2% of sales ; 295.9 million tons produced in 2007), ferrous mineral granules (17.7% ; 53.7 million tons), iron alloys (4.6% ; 0.5 million tons) and manganese (0.5% ; 1.3 million tons) ;
• non-ferrous minerals and metals (39.3%): nickel, copper, precious metals, and cobalt (90.6% of sales ; 0.2 million tons of nickel produced), copper concentrate (6.2%), kaolin (1.8% ; 1.4 million tons) et potash (1.4% ; 0.7 million tons) ;
• aluminum (8.2%): bauxite (26.7 million tons produced), alumina (4.3 million tons) and aluminum (0.5 million tons) ;
• logistics (4.6%) ;
• other (1,3%): primarily coal.