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

The Guardian UK Friday 21 August 2026, 12:00 UTC By All photographs by Ian Guerra in Carajás, Brazil 1 min read
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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...

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

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Brazil (LOCATION) Amazon (ORG)
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