Unassociated Document
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2007
Registration No. 333-


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
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COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

The Federative Republic of Brazil
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004
Telephone (212) 623-0636
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
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International Nickel, Inc.
Park 80 West - Plaza two
Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663
Telephone (201) 368-4853 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Scott A. Ziegler, Esq.
Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 319-7600
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
x immediately upon filing
o on (Date) at (Time)

If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box.
 
 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
Securities to be registered
 
Amount
to be registered
Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit (1)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one preferred class “A” share of Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
1,000,000,000
American Depositary Shares
$0.05
$50,000,000
$1,535.00
(1)
Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.
 


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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR” or “American Depositary Receipt”) included as Exhibit (a)(2) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
(1)   Name and address of Depositary
 
Introductory paragraph
(2)   Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited
securities
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center
Terms of Deposit:
   
(i)       Amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of
   American Depositary Shares
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right
corner
(ii)      Procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
 
Paragraph (12)
(iii)     Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)
(iv)     Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Paragraphs (3), (8) and (12)
(v)      Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraphs (4), (5) and (10)
(vi)     Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or
           plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (10) and (13)
(vii)    Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs (16) and (17)
(viii)   Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the
       Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts
 
Paragraph (3)
(ix)     Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying
          securities
 
Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5)
(x)      Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraph (14)
(3)   Fees and Charges
 
Paragraphs (5) and (7)

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Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 
Item Number and Caption 
 
Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus 
     
(b)   Statement that Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Commission, and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
 
Paragraph (8)
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3. EXHIBITS
 
(a)(1)  Form of Deposit Agreement. Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2006 among Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the "Deposit Agreement"), previously filed as an Exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-134110, or a post-effective amendment thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
(a)(2)  Form of ADR. Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2). 
 
(b)          Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby. Not Applicable.
 
(c)   Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. Not Applicable.
 
(d)   Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
(e)   Certification under Rule 466. Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).
 
(f)    Power of Attorney. Included as part of the signature pages hereto.
 
Item 4. UNDERTAKINGS
 
 
(a)
The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the American Depositary Receipts, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.
 
 
(b)
If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an American Depositary Receipt thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.
 
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SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on August 28, 2007.
 
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
 
  By:         JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
     as Depositary 
 
       
    By:  /s/Melinda L. VanLuit
  Name:  
Melinda L. VanLuit
    Title  : Vice President
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on August 28, 2007.
 
  Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
     
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/Roger Agnelli
 
Name: Roger Agnelli
  Title Chief Executive Officer
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
 
Name: Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
  Title Chief Financial and Accounting Officer
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Roger Agnelli and Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she may or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
 
     
Signature
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/Roger Agnelli

Roger Agnelli
 
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
/s/Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa

Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial and Accounting
Officer
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
/s/Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa

Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa
 
 
 
Chairman
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
/s/José Ricardo Sasseron

José Ricardo Sasseron
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
/s/Jorge Luiz Pacheco

Jorge Luiz Pacheco
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
 
Sandro Kohler Marcondes
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August , 2007
 
 

Mário da Silveira Teixeira Júnior
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August , 2007
 
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/s/Renato da Cruz Gomes
Renato da Cruz Gomes
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 

Hiroshi Tada
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August , 2007
 
 
/s/Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 
 
João Batista Cavaglieri
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August , 2007
 
 
/s/Francisco Augusto da Costa e Silva
Francisco Augusto da Costa e Silva
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August 28, 2007
 
 

 
Caio Melo
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
August , 2007
 
 
/s/Edward A. Steen
International Nickel, Inc.
By: Edward A. Steen
 
 
 
Authorized Representative in
the United States
 
 
 
August 27, 2007
     
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
 
(a)(2)
Form of ADR
(d)
Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.
(e)
Rule 466 Certification

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