The iron ore price was surprisingly high in the latter half of this year: about $130 a tonne. Good for Vale, the Brazilian miner which is the world’s biggest producer of the stuff, and which exports most of its production. Other news was less good in 2013. The company recently agreed to pay $10bn over time to settle an income tax dispute with federal authorities.
對全球最大的鐵礦石生產(chǎn)商巴西礦商淡水河谷(Vale)來說，2013年的好消息是，今年下半年的鐵礦石價格高得離譜，每噸達到約130美元，淡水河谷的產(chǎn)品大多出口海外。但2013年的其他消息就不那么令人振奮了。最近，該公司與巴西聯(lián)邦當局就一場所得稅糾紛達成和解，并同意分期支付共計100億美元的罰單。
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