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Article: Brazil : ArcelorMittal Brasil wins bid to explore for iron ore in Bahia.
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- November 17, 2008
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Byline: pinto03
ArcelorMittal Brasil, the local subsidiary of the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, won a bidding process to explore for iron ore in Bahia state, Jose Carlos Cunha, a geologist with the state's mineral research company CBPM, told BNamericas.
The Casanova, Remanso and Pilao Arcado mines in the north of Bahia have resources estimated at some 1.5Bt iron ore, and have the potential to produce 5Mt-20Mt/y in the ...