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Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures

The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories Continue reading...

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21 Aug 2026, 12:19 UTC
Last checked
21 Aug 2026, 23:20 UTC
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
21 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
All photographs by Ian Guerra in Carajás, Brazil
Section
Mining
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The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories Continue reading...
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    Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures

    The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories Continue reading...

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    152a85397b2b...01fb70
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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Americas rss-category
  • publisher category Brazil rss-category
  • publisher category Environment rss-category
  • publisher category Global development rss-category
  • publisher category Mining rss-category
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#837
Observed
21 Aug 2026, 12:19 UTC
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465,602 bytes, private gzip evidence
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news-ledger/0.1
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metadata and excerpt