RIO Summary

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified metals and mining company worldwide. It produces, exports, and supplies iron ores and pellets to the steel making industry, as well as manganese ores and iron alloys, including metallurgical ore used primarily for the production of ferroalloys; natural manganese dioxide used for the manufacture of electrolytic batteries; and chemical ore used in various industries for the production of fertilizer, pesticides, and animal food, as well as used as a pigment in the ceramics industry. The company also produces nickel; copper; platinum-group metals, such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium; precious metals, including gold and silver; coal; and other non-ferrous minerals, such as kaolin, potash, cobalt, sulphuric acid, liquid sulphur dioxide, selenium, and tellurium, as well as engages in bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum metal smelting operations. In addition, it engages in railroad, coastal shipping, and port handling operations; and provides logistic services, including rail transportation for its mining products, general cargo and passengers, bulk terminal storage, and ship loading services for the company's mining operations and for third parties. Further, the company, through joint venture interests, invests in the aluminum, coal, energy, and steel businesses; and offers hot-rolled steel, cold-rolled steel, galvanized steel, electro galvanized steel, pig iron, steel plates, sheet products, and steel tubes. It also has investments in seven hydroelectric power plants in operation and one under construction in Brazil. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

RIO

Symbol	last price	date	time	change	open	high	low	volume	P/E (ttm)	P/E (Forward)
RIO	10.02	11/19/2008	4:02pm	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	4.04