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In 2019, Brazil's figures were as follows: it was the world's largest producer of niobium (88.9 thousand tons); [2] the 2nd largest world producer of tantalum (430 tons); [3] the 2nd largest world producer of iron ore (405 million tons); [4] the 4th largest world producer of manganese (1.74 million tons); [5] the 4th largest world producer of bauxite (34 million tons); [6] the 4th largest ...
CBMM is by far the world's largest producer of niobium metal and its alloys, providing over 80% of the world's supply. [2] Like the other producers of this metal, the company does not sell raw niobium ore, only ferroniobium, other niobium alloys and oxides, and the pure metal, all produced in its facilities next to the open-pit mine. [3]
The Boa Vista mine is an open pit niobium and phosphate mine located near the city of Catalão in Goiás state in Brazil. Geologically, it is located on the Catalão II carbonatite complex. [2] [3] The mine was opened by Anglo American plc, and had an output of 4,700 tons of niobium in 2014. [4]
Brazil also has a large but still unexploited deposit near São Gabriel da Cachoeira, state of Amazonas, as well as a few smaller deposits, notably in the state of Roraima. [58] [59] The third largest producer of niobium is the carbonatite-hosted Niobec mine, in Saint-Honoré, near Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, owned by Magris Resources. [60]
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An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. The non-profit Urihi Associação Yanomami ...
According to the Brazilian Senate’s website, some 200,000 people in Maceio were affected by the company's mining activities. In July, the company reached a $356 million settlement with the ...
During the Second Congo War, Lueshe was the only operating industrial mine in the RCD's territory, producing 270 tons of semi processed niobium a month to sell to GfE. [9] Between July 2000 and September 2004, when the mine was shuttered, the mine produced 3,365.1 tons of concentrate, which was exported to the world market via another company ...