"CVRD Inco is now the world's number one nickel producer and our new team has a strong mandate to keep on building and expanding this great company," said Roger Agnelli, Chief Executive Officer of ...

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce has asked Inco Ltd. chairman and chief executive officer Scott Hand to remain with the Toronto mining company and oversee what is expected to be a major expansion of the ...

As Inco flirted with two of its corporate suitors on Tuesday, a third rival, Teck Cominco , thickened the plot by increasing its bid for the Canadian nickel giant. Teck's newest offer will offer ...

Inco, with 2005 earnings of $836 million on $4.52 billion revenue, is the world's second-largest producer of nickel. CVRD, the world's largest producer of iron ore, said it would finance the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Brazil iron giant CVRD said it had received clearance from Canadian and US regulators to take over ...

There's a new challenger in the bidding war to acquire Canadian nickel miner Inco . CVRD said that it is yet to speak with Inco's management concerning the bid, but that it "would welcome the ...

TORONTO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Inco Ltd. shareholders voted on Wednesday to seal the takeover by Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce , the final step in taking a mining sector icon out of Canadian hands.

TORONTO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Inco Ltd.'s chief executive came achingly close to clinching his dream of creating a global nickel powerhouse, but Scott Hand will run the business for Brazil's CVRD ...

Inco Ltd. has agreed to talk termswith potential buyer CVRD of Brazil, while making clear that it prefers to be bought by U.S.-based mining giant Phelps Dodge Corp. In a move that has become common in ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce on Friday confirmed it's planning to make an all-cash offer to acquire Inco for C$86 a share. The bid makes a three-way battle for Inco, which also ...