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15-521: Ponte Nova is located a few kilometers south of the Doce River on a tributary called the Piranga. As of 2020, the population is estimated at 59,875 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 470.6 km. The elevation is 402 meters above sea level. It has railroad connections to Ouro Preto and is linked by state highways to the capital of Belo Horizonte and to Ouro Preto. The beginnings of

30-464: Is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of 853 kilometres (530 mi). The river basin is economically important. In 2015, the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river, causing an ecological disaster. The Doce River is formed by the junction of the Piranga and the Carmo near the historical city of Ouro Preto , whose sources are located in the foothills of

45-585: Is a supplier of stainless, silicon and special carbon steels . Aperam South America's steel market share in Brazil is estimated to be 90%, and it is the only stainless steel maker in Latin America . The company's main plant, at Timóteo in Minas Gerais, has an installed production capacity is 900,000 tons of steel per year. The company also mines iron ore. Aperam South America, then known Acesita,

60-468: Is based on agriculture , limited industry and services. Ponte Nova produces livestock , both dairy and meat, sugarcane , fruits and vegetables, and swine raising, this being quite developed with more than 350 establishments and 30,000 head. Until recently the city was the center of a prosperous sugar-cane growing area and there were several mills (engenhos in Portuguese). The first sugar cane mill in

75-596: Is home to the largest steel making complex in Latin America . Three of the five largest companies in Minas Gerais state in the year 2000, Companhia Siderúrgica Belgo Mineira , Arcelor Mittal ( Acesita ) and Usiminas , are located there. The largest open-pit mine in the world is operated in the basin by the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce . These industrial conglomerates have an important role in Brazilian exports of iron ore, steel, and cellulose ( Cenibra ). In addition,

90-574: Is traded on Bovespa , where it is part of the Ibovespa index. However, ArcelorMittal announced it would buy out all public stock of ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil, and make it a wholly owned subsidiary. In January 2011, was incorporated by the Aperam , changing its name to Aperam South America. This article about an industrial corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Brazilian corporation or company article

105-769: The Mantiqueira and Espinhaço mountain chains at altitudes of about 1,200 m. It flows in a northeastern direction via Ipatinga , makes a wide curve near Governador Valadares , and flows in a southeastern direction passing through Conselheiro Pena , to enter the Atlantic Ocean near Linhares in Espírito Santo state. Its main tributaries are the Piracicaba , Casca, Matipó, Caratinga-Cuieté, Manhuaçu, Santo Antônio and Suaçuí Grande, in Minas Gerais ;

120-521: The Doce River and the Atlantic Ocean near its mouth. About 40 million cubic metres of iron waste flowed into the river. Toxic brown mudflows reached the ocean 17 days later. Acesita Aperam South America , old Acesita and ArcelorMittal Timóteo , is the biggest Brazilian manufacturer of specialty steels. Headquartered in Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais , the company

135-558: The Doce basin contributes greatly to production of coffee from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo as well as fruit pulp from Espírito Santo. Fifteen percent of the GDP of the state of Minas Gerais is produced in the region with the municipality of Ipatinga accounting for 5.4% of that total. Ipatinga is the major city of the Vale do Aço Metropolitan Area . The economy of the basin is based on

150-544: The Koppen classification, there are three climatic types in the Doce basin: On 5 November 2015, a mine dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Mariana, Minas Gerais , owned by Samarco , a joint venture between Vale and BHP Billiton , collapsed, devastating a nearby town with toxic mudslides, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 50 and causing an enormous ecological damage, and threatening life along

165-649: The Pancas, Guandu, and São José, in Espírito Santo. Part of the river basin is contained in the 3,562 hectares (8,800 acres) Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve , a fully protected area. South of the point where the Piracicaba enters the river near Ipatinga the river forms the eastern boundary of the Rio Doce State Park . The Doce River has great economic importance for the region. The basin

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180-452: The city go back to 1755 when the first farms were established in the region. Agriculture and commerce were the occupations of the first inhabitants. The town saw the cycles of first sugar cane and then coffee. From 1770 to 1832, the town was officially denominated an Arraial and was called Capela Filial do Furquim. In 1862 it was raised to a Vila and Ponte Nova became the seat of a municipality in 1866. Distances to major cities: The economy

195-558: The following activities: According to the Anuário Estatístico do Brasil (IBGE) the Doce basin has a population of about 3,100,000, with the urban population making up 68.7% of the total population. In recent years the population has declined, with small towns and rural areas losing up to 40% of their population. Major cities located along the Doce or in its basin are: Timóteo , Coronel Fabriciano , Ipatinga , Governador Valadares , Colatina , and Linhares . According to

210-771: The state of Minas Gerais was installed in Ponte Nova in 1885. Most of these have now closed. The municipality included the 377 hectares (930 acres) Fazenda São Mateus Biological Reserve , created in 1974. An audit in 2012 stated that a number of biological reserves created in 1974 on state-owned land were being re-assessed, since they no longer qualified as conservation units. These were Fazenda São Mateus, Carmo da Mata , Colônia 31 de Março and others. 20°24′57″S 42°54′32″W  /  20.4158333433°S 42.9088888989°W  / -20.4158333433; -42.9088888989 Doce River The Doce River ( Portuguese : Rio Doce [ˈʁi.u ˈdos(i)] , "Sweet River")

225-463: Was founded October 31, 1944, among the cofounders was Percival Farquhar and got into the stainless steel business in the late 1970s. It was privatised by the Brazilian government in 1992. The French steel maker Usinor , now part of ArcelorMittal , took a controlling stake in Acesita 1998. In 2007, ArcelorMittal announced the rebranding of Acesita to ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil. The company's stock

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