United States
Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce

Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)

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Press Release

Signature Page

Press Release

		Transmitted only to SEC, NYSE and IPE [CVM & BOVESPA]

Acquisition of CVRD Preferred Class “A” Shares

Rio de Janeiro, September 25, 2007 — Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) for the purpose of § 6^th, Article 12 of the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) Instruction number 358/02, changed by Instruction number 449/07, informs that Black Rock, Inc., on behalf of some of its clients, has acquired through transactions made in the New York Stock Exchange 105,054,614 American Depositary Receipts — ADRs representing 105,054,614 preferred shares issued by CVRD, and it has also acquired 3,594,652 preferred class A shares, adding up to 108,649,266 preferred class A shares, corresponding to 5.66% of the CVRD preferred shares.

The purpose of this acquisition was to make a minority investment, as informed by Black Rock, Inc., registered office located at 40 East 52^nd Street, New York, New York, 10022-5911, USA. Black Rock, Inc. informed that no debenture convertible into shares issued by CVRD are held by its clients, as well as no agreement regulating the exercise of the voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by CVRD were executed by such clients.

For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540
Roberto Castello Branco: roberto.castello.branco@cvrd.com.br
Alessandra Gadelha: alessandra.gadelha@cvrd.com.br
Marcus Thieme: marcus.thieme@cvrd.com.br
Marcelo Silva Braga: marcelo.silva.braga@cvrd.com.br
Patricia Calazans: patricia.calazans@cvrd.com.br
Theo Penedo: theo.penedo@cvrd.com.br
Tacio Neto: tacio.neto@cvrd.com.br

This press release may contain statements that express management’s expectations about future events or results rather than historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements, and CVRD cannot give assurance that such statements will prove correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors: relating to the Brazilian and Canadian economy and securities markets, which exhibit volatility and can be adversely affected by developments in other countries; relating to the iron ore and nickel business and its dependence on the global steel industry, which is cyclical in nature; and relating to the highly competitive industries in which CVRD operates. For additional information on factors that could cause CVRD’s actual results to differ from expectations reflected in forward-looking statements, please see CVRD’s reports filed with the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.