Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA; Brazilian Aluminium Company) is the largest aluminium producer in Brazil having a total annual production of around 480,000 tonnes.
Now the company has a large distribution chain all across Brazil including a sea terminal in the Port of Santos.
After acquiring a 10% stake in mining company Mineração Rio do Norte, CBA now holds bauxite mines in the South-East part of Paraná State and has another mine in the municipality of Cataguases and Itamarati de Minas in Minas Gerais State.
There is another mine "Miraí" due for opening in 2007 which alone will produce 3 million tonnes of bauxite per year.
The company produces 60% of the energy in the 18 hydroelectric power plants it owns all over Brazil and has around 13,000 clients.