Article: Brazil: Paranapanema denies sale of group, admits talks with Vale.

Byline: shabnam05

Sao Paulo-based Paranapanema group denied it has been in merger talks with Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE: RIO) but confirmed the two companies have made preliminary contacts regarding the possible sale of the former's copper processing unit Caraiba Metais and fertilizer producer Cibrafertil.

Vale issued a similar statement in reaction to press reports that it was interested in acquiring Paranapanema.

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