{"id":2984,"date":"2021-03-11T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:00:16","slug":"mineracao-brasileira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/en\/mineracao-brasileira\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Brazilian mining plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian mining is one of the most important productive sectors for the country's economy, representing, currently, about 4% of the entire national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is one of the sectors that has grown the most in recent years, with an estimated 550% of the mineral extraction activity in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the main products that are extracted from the Brazilian mining activity, iron ore is the predominant one. According to the most recent Brazilian Mineral Yearbook, published in 2018, metallic inputs represent about 80% of production and consumption. In this category, iron ore occupies 72%, followed by copper (9.4%), gold (8.3%), aluminum (3.7%) and nickel (2.5%).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investments for the growth of this sector have also been very high. From 2014 to 2018, over R$ 40 billion were invested in this activity, a very significant number, especially in a complicated period for Brazil, economically speaking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As investments increase, Brazilian mining production has also grown. In September 2020, this expansion is also linked to increased exports of these ores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, for example, ore exports occupied more than 50% of all production, representing about R$ 25 billion. In September 2020, iron ore, which is the main exported ore, increased exports by 18.5% in relation to the total produced. This figure represents how important mining is for national exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, there are more than 10,000 mines, of which about 87% are small or medium-sized mines. However, Brazil also has a good number of large mines, including the largest open pit mine in the world, which we will address later. With this, Brazil is the 5th country in number of mining companies in the whole world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this incessant production by national mining companies to be fruitful, there must be qualified transport modes for the transportation of ores, both for domestic consumption and, mainly, for exports through national ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, the railroads are fundamental. The Brazilian railroad sector is currently about 29 thousand km long, and a large part of the cargo transported by the railroads in recent years came from Brazilian mining. In total, about 74% of all cargo carried by this modal was ore cargo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brazilian railroads and mining<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-28-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-28-1.png 640w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-28-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-28-1-500x334.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have seen, railroads play a fundamental role in the flow of minerals on the national scene. The growth of both sectors depends on each other, since, the more railroads, the greater the possibility of transportation and, consequently, the greater the demand for production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the railroads still suffer from severe insecurity. Even after relatively important growth in recent years, the railroad sector still has consequences of the abandonment generated by the preference for investments in the road sector, mainly in the middle of the last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the national railroads are widely used for the transportation of inputs from Brazilian mining, the greater investment in this sector would allow an even more relevant growth in the national mining companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this issue of lack of investments, there are some mining companies, the main ones in Brazil, which work together with the railroads, and are totally dependent on this mode of transportation. Next, we'll talk more about the main Brazilian mining projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caraj\u00e1s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-1024x680.png\" alt=\"Caraj\u00e1s\" class=\"wp-image-2987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1-500x332.png 500w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-26-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Managed by the Vale do Rio Doce company, <a href=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/en\/cases\/carajas\/\">Caraj\u00e1s<\/a> is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. Located in Par\u00e1, the mine is, to this day, the most important in the national mining scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire complex of the mining company of Caraj\u00e1s, located in Serra do Caraj\u00e1s (PR), has a production that totals around 150 million tons of ores per year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exploration of the mining company, located in Caraj\u00e1s, started after the elaboration of the Grande Caraj\u00e1s Project, created and idealized by the Vale Company, which already had experience and was active in the mining market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to explore this important space for the extraction of iron ores, Vale, together with the government of Jo\u00e3o Batista Figueiredo, created the Grande Caraj\u00e1s Project (PGC), shortly after acquiring all exploration rights in the Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s area. This was an important milestone for the transformation of mining in the Amazon and Brazil in the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complex S11D Eliezer Batista<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-27-1.png\" alt=\"Complex S11D Eliezer Batista\" class=\"wp-image-2989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-27-1.png 512w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-27-1-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-27-1-500x348.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the projects that are part of the Serra do Caraj\u00e1s complex. Managed by Vale, it is also the company's largest mining project. Located in Caraj\u00e1s, Par\u00e1, the complex received an investment of US$ 6.4 billion, both for construction and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the experience that Vale has in the Brazilian mining market, this project was implemented aiming at modern operations, with the latest technological apparatus and with ideas aiming at greater sustainability in the activities, reducing the damage caused to the environment during the extraction of the ores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in the main mines in the country, iron is the main ore worked in this complex. This ore, produced at S11D, has about 66.7% purity content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salobo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-29-1.png\" alt=\"Salobo\" class=\"wp-image-2991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-29-1.png 788w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-29-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-29-1-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-29-1-500x296.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Salobo project is another mining plant implemented by Vale, the main mining company in the country. Inaugurated in 2012, Salobo focuses on the extraction and production of copper, an important metallic ore in Brazilian mining.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complex has an estimated production capacity of 100 thousand tons of copper, being Vale's largest project in relation to this metal. In 2014, in the last survey carried out by the company, more than 40 thousand tons were produced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brucutu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-30-1.png\" alt=\"Brucutu e minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira\" class=\"wp-image-2992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-30-1.png 984w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-30-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-30-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-30-1-500x282.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brucutu mine is yet another important mining company for the extraction of iron ore in Brazil. Managed by Vale, opened in 2006 and located in the municipality of S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo do Rio Baixo, in Minas Gerais, the mining company has a production capacity of 30 million tons per year, being the largest iron mine in the state and one of the main in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Factory Mine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-31-1.png\" alt=\"Other Brazilian Mining Projects\" class=\"wp-image-2993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-31-1.png 787w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-31-1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-31-1-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-31-1-500x287.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Brucutu mine, other miners located in the state of Minas Gerais are also important, such as the F\u00e1brica Nova mine, which covers the mining complex in the city of Mariana (MG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is another mining company operated by Vale, the main Brazilian company in this segment. About US$ 106 million were invested in its construction. At the beginning of its activities, in 2005, the mining company had an estimated production capacity of 15 million tons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydro - Paragominas, Alunorte and Albras<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-32-1.png\" alt=\"Hydro - Paragominas, Alunorte e Albras\" class=\"wp-image-2994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-32-1.png 700w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-32-1-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-32-1-500x191.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This project includes three mining companies controlled by the Norwegian company Norsk Hydro ASA and its main focus is aluminum work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hydro Paragominas, located in Par\u00e1, is a mine focused on the extraction of bauxite, with a production capacity of more than 9 thousand tons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hydro Alunorte, located in Barbacena (MG), is the main aluminum mining company in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Hydro Albras, also located in Barbacena, is one of the main aluminum mining companies in Brazilian mining and in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Brazilian Mining Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-33-1.png\" alt=\"Other Brazilian Mining Projects\" class=\"wp-image-2995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-33-1.png 517w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-33-1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pasted-image-0-33-1-500x219.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude, we need to quickly address other important mining projects, which operate strongly in Brazilian mining and work with different metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mineradora Buritama, for example, located in the municipality of Buritama (SP), is one of the main companies working with manganese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imerys Rio Capim Caulim has two mines in the state of Par\u00e1 and focuses on the production of kaolin. The operations in these mining companies represent more than 70% of all the work done with kaolin in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, MRN - Projeto Trombetas, Projeto Juruti and B&amp;A Minera\u00e7\u00e3o are three other important projects in Brazilian mining, with the first two operating in bauxite, and the last in phosphate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion on Brazilian mining<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can conclude with the article that mining is a very important activity for the country's economy. Mining companies have a fundamental role in the work of several metals, such as iron, copper, bauxite and phosphate. In addition, it is also important to highlight the relationship between mining companies and national railroads, since the railroad sector has a fundamental action to take the extracted ores to the domestic market and also for export.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Searchs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vale.com\/brasil\/pt\/aboutvale\/news\/paginas\/conheca-salobo-maior-projeto-cobre-vale.aspx\">http:\/\/www.vale.com\/brasil\/pt\/aboutvale\/news\/paginas\/conheca-salobo-maior-projeto-cobre-vale.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metropoles.com\/conteudo-especial\/g44-brasil-gerencia-uma-das-maiores-plantas-de-mineracao-do-pais\">https:\/\/www.metropoles.com\/conteudo-especial\/g44-brasil-gerencia-uma-das-maiores-plantas-de-mineracao-do-pais<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mineracaonabahia.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-mineracao-no-brasil.pdf\">https:\/\/mineracaonabahia.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-mineracao-no-brasil.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odebraz.com.br\/planta-mineracao-ferro#:~:text=A%20planta%20de%20minera%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20visa,tratamento%20e%20beneficiamento%20do%20ferro.&amp;text=Considerando%20que%20cada%20processo%20de,para%20usar%20o%20maquin%C3%A1rio%20correto.\">https:\/\/www.odebraz.com.br\/planta-mineracao-ferro#:~:text=A%20planta%20de%20minera%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20visa,tratamento%20e%20beneficiamento%20do%20ferro.&amp;text=Considerando%20que%20cada%20processo%20de,para%20usar%20o%20maquin%C3%A1rio%20correto.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnt.org.br\/agencia-cnt\/volume-cargas-transportadas-ferrovias-cresce-10-um-ano\">https:\/\/cnt.org.br\/agencia-cnt\/volume-cargas-transportadas-ferrovias-cresce-10-um-ano<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brasilescola.uol.com.br\/geografia\/mineracao.htm\">https:\/\/brasilescola.uol.com.br\/geografia\/mineracao.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metso.com\/br\/blog\/mineracao\/crescimento-da-mineracao-no-brasil\/#:~:text=Ao%20falar%20nas%20atividades%20econ%C3%B4micas,euros%2C%20com%20potencial%20de%20expans%C3%A3o.\">https:\/\/www.metso.com\/br\/blog\/mineracao\/crescimento-da-mineracao-no-brasil\/#:~:text=Ao%20falar%20nas%20atividades%20econ%C3%B4micas,euros%2C%20com%20potencial%20de%20expans%C3%A3o.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economia.uol.com.br\/noticias\/reuters\/2020\/07\/21\/faturamento-da-industria-de-mineracao-do-brasil-cresce-9-no-2-tri-vs-1-tri.htm\">https:\/\/economia.uol.com.br\/noticias\/reuters\/2020\/07\/21\/faturamento-da-industria-de-mineracao-do-brasil-cresce-9-no-2-tri-vs-1-tri.htm<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira&nbsp; \u00e9 um dos setores produtivos mais importantes para a economia do pa\u00eds, representando, atualmente, cerca de 4% de todo o Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) produtivo nacional. Esse \u00e9 um dos setores que mais cresceu nos \u00faltimos anos, com estimativa de 550% da atividade de extra\u00e7\u00e3o mineral no pa\u00eds.&nbsp; Em rela\u00e7\u00e3o aos principais produtos que s\u00e3o extra\u00eddos da atividade da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira, o min\u00e9rio de ferro \u00e9 o predominante. De acordo com o Anu\u00e1rio Mineral Brasileiro mais recente, publicado em 2018, os insumos met\u00e1licos representam cerca de 80% da produ\u00e7\u00e3o e do consumo. Nessa categoria, o min\u00e9rio de ferro ocupa 72%, seguidos de cobre (9,4%), ouro (8,3%), alumin\u00edo (3,7%) e n\u00edquel (2,5%).&nbsp; Os investimentos para o crescimento desse setor tamb\u00e9m v\u00eam sendo bem elevados. De 2014 a 2018, mais de 40 bilh\u00f5es de reais foram aplicados nessa atividade, n\u00famero bastante expressivo, principalmente em um per\u00edodo complicado para o Brasil, economicamente falando.&nbsp; Conforme os investimentos aumentam, a produ\u00e7\u00e3o da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira tamb\u00e9m cresceu. Em setembro de 2020, essa expans\u00e3o tamb\u00e9m est\u00e1 atrelada ao aumento da exporta\u00e7\u00e3o desses min\u00e9rios. Em 2018, por exemplo, as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es de min\u00e9rios ocupavam mais de 50% de toda a produ\u00e7\u00e3o, representando cerca de R$ 25 bilh\u00f5es. Em setembro de 2020, o min\u00e9rio de ferro, que \u00e9 o principal min\u00e9rio exportado, aumentou em 18,5 % as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es em rela\u00e7\u00e3o ao total produzido. Esse n\u00famero representa como a minera\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 importante para a exporta\u00e7\u00e3o nacional. Aqui, existem mais de 10 mil minas, sendo que cerca de 87% desse total s\u00e3o minas pequenas ou de m\u00e9dio porte. Mas, o Brasil tamb\u00e9m possui uma boa quantidade de grandes minas, tendo, inclusive, a maior mina a c\u00e9u aberto do mundo, que abordaremos posteriormente. Com isso, o Brasil \u00e9 o 5\u00b0 pa\u00eds em quantidade de mineradoras do mundo inteiro.&nbsp; Para que essa produ\u00e7\u00e3o incessante das mineradoras nacionais sejam frut\u00edferas, \u00e9 preciso que exista modais de transporte qualificados para o escoamento dos min\u00e9rios, tanto para o consumo interno como, principalmente, para as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es atrav\u00e9s dos portos nacionais. Nesse quesito, as ferrovias s\u00e3o fundamentais. O setor ferrovi\u00e1rio brasileiro possui, atualmente, cerca de 29 mil km de extens\u00e3o, e grande parte das cargas transportadas pelas ferrovias nos \u00faltimos anos vieram da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira. No total, cerca de 74% de todas as cargas transportadas por esse modal foram cargas de min\u00e9rios.&nbsp; Ferrovias e minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira Como apresentamos, as ferrovias t\u00eam papel fundamental no escoamento de min\u00e9rios no cen\u00e1rio nacional. O crescimento de ambos os setores dependem um do outro, visto que, quanto mais ferrovias, maior a possibilidade de transporte e, consequentemente, maior a demanda da produ\u00e7\u00e3o. Infelizmente, as ferrovias ainda sofrem com uma forte precariza\u00e7\u00e3o. Mesmo depois de um crescimento relativamente importante nos \u00faltimos anos, o setor ferrovi\u00e1rio ainda apresenta sequelas do abandono gerado pela prefer\u00eancia de investimentos no setor rodovi\u00e1rio, principalmente na metade do s\u00e9culo passado. Como as ferrovias nacionais s\u00e3o amplamente utilizadas para o transporte de insumos da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira, o investimento maior nesse setor possibilitaria um crescimento ainda mais relevante nas mineradoras nacionais. Apesar dessa quest\u00e3o das faltas dos investimentos, existem algumas mineradoras, as principais do Brasil, que atuam juntamente com as ferrovias, e s\u00e3o totalmente dependentes desse modal de transporte. A seguir, falaremos mais sobre os principais projetos de minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira. Caraj\u00e1s Administrada pela empresa Vale do Rio Doce, a Caraj\u00e1s \u00e9 a maior mina de ferro a c\u00e9u aberto do mundo. Localizada no Par\u00e1, a mina \u00e9, at\u00e9 hoje, a mais importante do cen\u00e1rio de minera\u00e7\u00e3o nacional. Todo o complexo da mineradora de Caraj\u00e1s, localizada na Serra do Caraj\u00e1s (PR), tem uma produ\u00e7\u00e3o que totaliza, em cerca, de 150 milh\u00f5es de toneladas de min\u00e9rios por ano.&nbsp; A explora\u00e7\u00e3o da mineradora, localizada no Caraj\u00e1s, teve in\u00edcio ap\u00f3s a elabora\u00e7\u00e3o do Projeto Grande Caraj\u00e1s, criado e idealizado pela Empresa Vale, que j\u00e1 tinha experi\u00eancia e era atuante no mercado da minera\u00e7\u00e3o. Visando explorar esse importante espa\u00e7o para a extra\u00e7\u00e3o de min\u00e9rios de ferro, a Vale, juntamente do governo de Jo\u00e3o Batista Figueiredo, criou o Projeto Grande Caraj\u00e1s (PGC), logo ap\u00f3s adquirir todos os direitos de explora\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1rea da Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s. Esse foi um importante marco para a transforma\u00e7\u00e3o da minera\u00e7\u00e3o na Amaz\u00f4nia e no Brasil, em meados da d\u00e9cada de 70. Complexo S11D Eliezer Batista Esse \u00e9 um dos projetos que fazem parte do complexo da Serra do Caraj\u00e1s.. Administrado pela empresa Vale, \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m o maior projeto de minera\u00e7\u00e3o da empresa. Localizada em Caraj\u00e1s, no Par\u00e1, o complexo recebeu um investimento de US$ 6,4 bilh\u00f5es, tanto para a constru\u00e7\u00e3o como para a implementa\u00e7\u00e3o. Com a experi\u00eancia que a Vale possui no mercado da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira, esse projeto foi implementado visando opera\u00e7\u00f5es modernas, com aparato tecnol\u00f3gico de \u00faltima gera\u00e7\u00e3o e com ideias visando uma maior sustentabilidade nas atividades, diminuindo os danos causados ao meio ambiente durante a extra\u00e7\u00e3o dos min\u00e9rios. Assim como nas principais minas do pa\u00eds, o ferro \u00e9 o principal min\u00e9rio trabalhado nesse complexo. Esse min\u00e9rio, produzido na S11D, possui cerca de 66,7% de teor de pureza.&nbsp; Salobo O projeto Salobo \u00e9 mais uma planta de minera\u00e7\u00e3o implementada pela Vale, principal empresa mineradora do pa\u00eds. Inaugurado em 2012, o Salobo tem como foco a extra\u00e7\u00e3o e produ\u00e7\u00e3o do cobre, importante min\u00e9rio met\u00e1lico da minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira.&nbsp; O complexo tem capacidade produtiva estimada de 100 mil toneladas de cobre, sendo o maior projeto da Vale em rela\u00e7\u00e3o a esse metal. Em 2014, no \u00faltimo levantamento feito pela empresa, foram produzidas mais de 40 mil toneladas.&nbsp; Brucutu A mina de Brucutu \u00e9 mais uma importante mineradora para a extra\u00e7\u00e3o de min\u00e9rio de ferro no Brasil. Administrada pela Vale, Inaugurada em 2006 e localizada no munic\u00edpio de S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo do Rio Abaixo, em Minas Gerais, a mineradora tem capacidade produtiva de 30 milh\u00f5es de toneladas anuais, sendo a maior mina de ferro do Estado e uma das principais do pa\u00eds.&nbsp; Mina de F\u00e1brica Nova Al\u00e9m da mina de Brucutu, outras mineradoras localizadas no estado de Minas Gerais tamb\u00e9m s\u00e3o importantes, como a Mina F\u00e1brica Nova, que abrange o complexo de minera\u00e7\u00e3o [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mineracao"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Principais plantas de minera\u00e7\u00e3o brasileira - 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