Exhibit 23.6



                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


The Board of Directors
California Steel Industries, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated January 19, 2001 with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of California Steel Industries, Inc. and subsidiary
as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three
year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in the Registration
Statement on Form F-4 of Vale Overseas Limited and Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.



                                  /s/ KPMG LLP




Orange County, California
March 20, 2002