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CVRD Sells its Stake in PPSA.

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces that it has sold its stake in Para Pigmentos S.A. (PPSA) for US$ 117.8 million to its subsidiary Caemi Mineracao e Metalurgia S. A. (Caemi). CVRD owned 85.6 of the voting capital and 82.0 of the total capital of PPSA. The objective of this sale is the consolidation of CVRDA[acute accent]s kaolin business in Caemi, who is already a player in the global kaolin market through its subsidiary CADAM S.A. (CADAM).

Over the last twenty years, CADAM gathered a large experience in the operation and marketing of kaolin products. CADAM had a controlling interest in PPSA until 1999 and has been responsible for marketing PPSA products in the ...

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