CORDOBA, ARGENTINA — (Marketwire) — 07/03/12 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — The giant Brazilian mining company (NYSE:VALE) (Rio de Janeiro) has received the preliminary license for the S11D project in southeastern area of the Para state in northern Brazil. The project entails the expansion of mining operations and a processing plant at the Carajas mining complex, which has been operational since 1985. Currently, the complex is the biggest producer of iron