Vale CFO Fabio Barbosa exchanged with more than 60 investors in the NYSE Euronext premices in London

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) and 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.