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Brazil s Vale loses spot as world s top iron ore producer

Brazil s Vale loses spot as world s top iron ore producer to Rio Tinto The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo Brazil

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Why the Brazilian mining sector can t Resource World

· Maurício Voivodic head of the conservation body WWF in Brazil warned last month that mining in the area would lead to demographic explosion deforestation the destruction of

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Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58

BRUMADINHO Brazil Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide

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Mining in Brazil Wikipedia

· A Yanomami indian follows agents of Brazil s environmental agency in a gold mine during an operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land in Roraima state Brazil in 2016

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Brazil Mining Industry Brazil is the world s ninth largest country and has rich reserves of important metals such as bauxite Aluminum iron ore niobium and nickel Brazil is also a leading producer of precious metals such as gold Mineral products and mining account for 2 of Brazil s GDP The iron ore is the most important in Brazilian

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Brazil News Headlines Reuters

Brazil suffered a record of 1 188 daily coronavirus deaths on Thursday and is fast approaching Russia to become the world s No 2 COVID 19 hot spot behind the United States May 21 2020

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3 Brazil mining company employees 2 contractors arrested

World 3 Brazil mining company employees 2 contractors arrested in dam disaster Three employees of Brazilian miner Vale SA and two contractors have been arrested prosecutors say as a criminal

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Disaster Capitalism in Brazil Mining Greed Produces a

A mining disaster in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho On January 25 2019 a dam burst in the town of Brumadinho north of Rio de Janeiro Brazil The dam was built by the iron ore company Vale to store residue after the iron ore had been extracted Once the dam began to crumble it did not take long for its 13 million cubic meters of iron waste to sweep down onto the workers and into their

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The 10 Biggest Mining Stocks The Motley Fool

The 10 Biggest Mining Stocks Vale is a large diversified mining company based in Brazil It s the world s largest producer of iron ore and nickel Vale also produces significant amounts of

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Hundreds missing after Brazil dam collapse BBC News

· It is not clear what caused the collapse of the dam owned by Brazil s largest mining company Vale In pictures Aftermath of dam collapse The 2015 dam disaster in Minas Gerais

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Brazilian mining company to pay out £86m for disaster that

· The Brazilian mining giant Vale has agreed to pay out £86m 107m in collective moral damages and £150 000 186 000 to each of the close relatives of

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Brazil Statistics Rankings News US News Best Countries

Rich with natural resources Brazil s economy is active in the agricultural manufacturing mining and service sectors The nation is a top producer in coffee production Brazil s economy grew

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Mine dam collapses in Brazil 7 bodies found but CNN

· At least 150 people were said by firefighters to be missing Friday after a dam burst at a Brazilian iron mine and caused severe flooding in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais

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Brazil Mining Giant Vale to Pay 107 Million to Compensate

· RIO DE JANEIRO The giant Brazilian mining company Vale said on Monday it would pay 400 million reais or about 107 million to compensate workers affected by

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Amazon gold miners invade indigenous village in Brazil

· Dozens of gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon where a local leader was stabbed to death and have taken over a

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Brazil s collapsed dam was certified stable CNN

· In just over three years two dams have collapsed in the same Brazilian state leaving thousands of families in mourning This time some Brazilians say they fear that the country s monitoring

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1 CIA The World Factbook Accessed on May 18 201 5 2 Brazil Country Profile EIU Accessed on May 18 2015 3 Agri food management excellence 4 Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística IBGE July 2014 estimates 5 Currency and Money in Brazil Kwintessential accessed on June 23 2014 6 Economic Intelligence Unit EIU Accessed on December 3 2015

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Brumadinho Dam Collapse A Tidal Wave of Mud The New

· A mining dam collapsed and buried more than 150 people Now Brazil is casting an anxious eye on dozens of dams like it FEB 9 2019 BRUMADINHO Brazil Luiz de Castro was installing lamps at

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FRONTLINE WORLD Brazil Jewel of the Amazon The

The Story Mining is illegal on all of Brazil s lands But after the discovery of diamonds in the late 1990 s a black market developed and a rise in violence

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Brazil shuts 47 mining dams deemed unsafe MINING COM

· Brazil has ordered the immediate closure of 47 mining dams that failed to certify their stability with more than half of them belonging to Vale NYSE

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Mining Brazil And The Amazon

Mining in Brazil positively affects the economy but negatively effects the environment thus putting Brazil into a serious debacle There are many metals in abundance within the grounds of Brazil which triggers the influx of major global mining companies to the Brazilian basin the world s second largest mining corporation Throughout the

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Televised raid on illegal Amazon mining angers Brazil

· World Politics TV More United States Environment April 14 2020 9 27 PM a month ago Televised raid on illegal Amazon mining angers Brazil government leads to

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Why the Brazilian mining sector can t Resource World

The following is a list of other companies that are active in Brazil Jaguar Mining Inc JAG TSX JAGGF OTC has three gold mining complexes and a large scale land package covering 65 000 hectares The company s principal operating assets are located in the Iron Quadrangle a prolific greenstone belt in the heart of Minas Gerais

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Top 10 Largest Mining Companies in The World In 2019

· Rio tinto was established in 1962 and since then have emerged to be one of the best and largest mining companies in the world The company has the strongest production in the Australia and North America but it also has a strong foot in Brazil France Chile and Canada

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Brazil s Barão de Cocais waits as dam nearby at risk of

· Media caption Brazil s mining dams A disaster waiting to happen The small mining town of Barão de Cocais of some 30 000 residents lies

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The ten biggest foreign owned mines in Brazil

· Juruti bauxite mine is owned by the Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals AWAC joint venture Minas Rio iron ore mine – 56 43bn Minas Rio one of the ten biggest iron ore mines in the world located in the state of Minas Gerais in south eastern Brazil is 100 owned by the UK based mining multinational Anglo American through its subsidiary Iron Ore Brazil

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Residents Near Brazil s Mine Dams Live in Fear WSJ

· Residents across Brazil s mining state of Minas Gerais have lost faith in industry or government to protect them since a mining waste dam collapsed last year killing 270 people

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Vale The pride of Brazil becomes its most hated company

· Formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce the River Doce Valley Company it was created by the government in the 1940s during a period of intense industrialisation of Brazil

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Brazil The economy Britannica

The economy Brazil is one of the world giants of mining agriculture and manufacturing and it has a strong and rapidly growing service sector It is a leading producer of a host of minerals including iron ore tin bauxite the ore of aluminum manganese gold quartz and diamonds and other gems and it exports vast quantities of steel automobiles electronics and consumer goods

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Brazil fines mining giant Vale 66 5 million Firstpost

Brazil fines mining giant Vale 66 5 million over dam collapse that killed 40 company involved in similar incident in 2015 World Agence France Presse Jan 27 2019 14 29 12 IST Brazilian mining giant Vale was hit with an initial 66 5 million fine over a dam collapse at one of its mines that killed at least 10 people and left hundreds missing

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Brazil dam collapse 10 bodies found and hundreds missing

· Greenpeace Brazil s campaigns director Nilo D Avila said This new disaster with a mining waste tailings dam – this time in Brumadinho – is the sad consequence of a lesson not learnt

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Brazil History Map Culture Population Facts

Brazil is the fifth most populous country on Earth and accounts for one third of Latin America s population Most of the inhabitants of Brazil are concentrated along the eastern seaboard although its capital Brasília is located far inland and increasing numbers of migrants are moving to the interior Rio de Janeiro in the eyes of many of the world continues to be the preeminent icon of

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Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58

World Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58 Brazil Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam

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Brazil Taps Canada s Sustainable Mining Initiative

· Brazil is the latest country to tap Canada s Towards Sustainable Mining TSM Initiative By adopting the sustainable mining initiative Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração IBRAM affirms its commitment to improving environmental and social performance of the mining industry The adoption should also affirm TSM credentials as an internationally recognized standard in the mining industry

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Brazil s Vale warns another mining dam at risk of collapse

· Media caption Brazil s mining dams A disaster waiting to happen Brazil s mining firm Vale has warned that another dam is at risk of bursting months after the collapse of a similar structure

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Illegal mining in Amazon rainforest has become an

· In 37 cases the groups say illegal artisanal mining took place in protected indigenous reserves 18 of which were in Brazil Another 78 reserves

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Brumadinho dam disaster Wikipedia

The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when Dam I a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine 9 kilometres 5 6 mi east of Brumadinho Minas Gerais Brazil suffered a catastrophic failure The dam is owned by Vale the same company that was involved in the 2015 Mariana dam disaster The dam released a mudflow that advanced through the mine s offices

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Brazil Minerals Britannica

Brazil Brazil Minerals Brazil contains extremely rich mineral reserves that are only partly exploited including iron ore tin copper pyrochlore from which ferroniobium is derived and bauxite There are also significant amounts of granite manganese asbestos gold gemstones quartz tantalum and kaolin china clay Most industrial minerals are concentrated in Minas Gerais and

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Iron Ore and Pellets Vale

Vale is the world s biggest producer of iron ore and pellets raw materials essential to the manufacture of steel Iron ore is found in nature in the form of rocks mixed with other elements By means of various industrial processes incorporating cutting edge technology iron ore

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Brazil latest news breaking stories and comment The

All the latest breaking news on Brazil Browse The Independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on Brazil

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Coronavirus puts Brazil s quilombos at risk will

· Boa Vista Quilombo an Afro Brazilian community of runaway slave descendants lacks basic health services but COVID 19 is now just a half mile away infecting MRN mining

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Energy in Brazil Wikipedia

Brazil is the world s 12th largest oil producer Up to 1997 the government owned Petróleo Brasileiro S A Petrobras had a monopoly on oil More than 50 oil companies now are engaged in oil exploration The only global oil producer is Petrobras with an output of more than 2 million barrels 320 000 m 3 of oil equivalent per day It is also a major distributor of oil products and owns oil

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