Volta Redonda

American  

[vawl-tah ri-dawn-dah] / ˈvɔl tɑ rɪˈdɔ̃ dɑ /

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.

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Volta Redonda British  

/ ˈvɔltə rəˈdõdə /

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro state on the Paraíba River: founded in 1941; site of South America's largest steelworks. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Huachipato's pig-iron capacity of 205,000 metric tons makes it only half as big as Volta Redonda, and tiny by Pittsburgh standards.

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Eventually, Volta Redonda should supply Brazil with a good part of the steel which must now be imported.

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Now her goal is to revamp the internal management at clanking CSN, whose steelworks began operating in 1946 in Volta Redonda, a town 100 km northwest of Rio.

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To set an example, the government barred price increases by such state-owned enterprises as the Volta Redonda steelworks, whose prices soared 148% last year.

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Biggest industrial venture is the steel mill at Volta Redonda in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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