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. The mine is run by the Brazilian mining corporation Vale, and was initially part-owned with US Steel from 1970 to 1977.

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Carajas Mine
Vale, mine, gold mine, Brazil, 

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• A geobotanical approach to the tropical rain forest environment of the Carajás Mineral Province (Amazon Region, Brazil), based on digital TM-Landsat and DEM data^@ scholarly article
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Carajas Mine

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The Carajas Mine is the largest open-pit iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the state of Para, northern Brazil. The mine is estimated to contain over 7 billion tons of iron ore, plus gold, manganese, bauxite, copper and nickel.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	mine		Carajás Mine	Vale, gold mine, mine	Wikidata
commons	image		Carajas Mine		Commons
commons	image		Isa Carajas		Commons
commons	image		IsabeleCarajas2		Commons
commons	image		MinadeCarajas_CBERS_4_MUX_20160330_162_107_RGB_765		Commons
commons	image		The Carajas Mine is the largest open-pit iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the state of Para, northern Brazil. The mine is estimated to contain over 7 billion tons of iron ore, plus gold, manganese, bauxite, copper and nickel.		Commons