Vale's Q1 profit falls on bad weather, lower prices

Apr 25, 2012 | 11:44 PM |

Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, blamed heavy rain and lower iron ore prices as earnings fell by more than a third in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the last quarter of 2011. “Abnormal rainfall in Brazil has magnified....





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