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Corumba

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Corumbá 

a city in Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso, on the border with Bolivia. Population, 81,800 (1970). Corumbá is a port on the Paraguay River, a railroad station, and a highway junction. Its industries include textiles, food-processing (including the production of beer and other beverages), and machine building. Corumbá has a shipyard. The city is a point for transshipping of goods between the interior regions of Brazil and eastern Bolivia. Iron and manganese ores are extracted near Corumbá. The city was founded in 1778.



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Rio said Brazil's National Defence Council had given the go-ahead to the Corumba mine sale, which follows an 850 million US dollar deal to sell Vale potash projects in Argentina and Canada.
Rio said Brazil's National Defence Council had given the go-ahead to the Corumba mine sale, which follows an 850 million US dollar deal to sell Vale potash projects in Argentina and Canada.
Rio has shelved a number of projects in the past week, including a gold and copper mining project and diamond mine in Australia and the expansion of its Corumba iron ore mine in Brazil.
 
 
 
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