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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -
A Virtuous Circle of Growth
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce's (CVRD) financial performance in the second quarter of 2007 (2Q07) continued to show several new records. The strategy of growth with diversification, anchored in rigorous discipline in capital allocation, has allowed the effective exploitation of the opportunities presented by the economic cycle, which in turn has produced the strong cash flow necessary to finance growth initiatives. The corollary of this virtuous circle of growth is a significant and increasing value creation.
The main highlights of CVRD's performance in 2Q07 were:
- Gross revenue of US$8.9 billion, 45.2 per cent more than 2Q06 and 15.9 per cent higher than the previous record of US$7.7 billion, in 1Q07. Revenue in 1H07 was US$16.6 billion as opposed to US$10.8 billion in 1H06.
- Operational profit, as measured by adjusted EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes), reached an all-time high figure of US$4.4 billion, involving an increase of 77.4 per cent over 2Q06 and exceeding the US$2.7 billion mark of the last quarter.
Source: HighBeam Research, CVRD PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2007.