Carajás Mine Wikipedia
The Carajás Mine is the largest iron ore mine in the world It is located in the municipality of Parauapebas state of Par á 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 tons of iron ore plus gold manganese bauxite copper and nickel The mine is run by Vale formerly the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce …