巴西淡水河谷公司计划管理总经理Edgar表示,2005年巴西将出口精练铜50万t,到2010年将成为世界最大的铜出口国。按照淡水河谷公司规划,在2010年前投资总额4.13亿美元的4个矿区将投入生产,届时铜将为巴西带来丰厚的利益,精练铜出口贸易量将占全国贸易总额的2%,即达到23亿美元。巴 Edgar, managing director of Brazil’s CVRD, said Brazil will export 500,000 tonnes of refined copper in 2005 and by 2010 it will become the world’s largest copper exporter. According to CVRD’s plan, four mining areas with a total investment of 413 million U.S. dollars will be put into production by 2010, by which time copper will bring huge benefits to Brazil. The refined copper export trade will account for 2% of the total national trade volume, that is, 2.3 billion U.S. dollars. -bar