Carajás Mine

The Carajás Mine is the largest iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the municipality of Parauapebas, state of Pará in the Carajás Mountains of Northern Brazil. The mine is operated as an open-pit mine, and is estimated to contain roughly 7.2 billion metric tonnes of iron ore, plus gold, manganese, bauxite, copper, and nickel. [1] The mine is run by Vale (formerly the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce) and was previously part-owned with US Steel until 1977.[1]

Carajás Mine
Carajás mine open pit.
Location
Carajás mine
Location in Brazil
StatePará
CountryBrazil
Coordinates06°03′31″S 50°10′37″W
Production
ProductsIron ore
Production1 million metric tons of iron ore
Financial year2007
History
Opened1969
ClosedNA
Owner
CompanyVale S.A.
Year of acquisition1995

The mine is located in the mining concession area of the Carajás National Forest, which "contains known reserves of the order of 18 billion tons with an average grade of 65.4% Fe."[1]

The mine is largely powered by hydroelectric power from the Tucuruí Dam.[2]

There is lots of rain here because it is the rainforest.

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