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CVRD to Build World's First Bauxite Pipeline

2005-01-13

Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce is building a $60 million pipeline to transport bauxite to a refinery in northern Brazil's Para state, a company spokesperson confirmed to BNamericas The pipeline, scheduled to be ready by December 2006, will be able to transport 13.5 million tons per year (Mt/y) of bauxite pulp when completed, according to company data. CVRD purchased 39,570 tons of steel tubes, the equivalent of 247 kilometers, to build the world's first bauxite pipeline from its mine in Paragominas to the Alunorte refinery in Barcarena. The pipeline signifies CVRD's commitment to long-term investment in the aluminum industry, according to Jose Carlos Martins, the company's director of energy and business development. Infrastructure construction for the pipeline is under way, the company said.
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