12 facts about the Carajas Project
1. The Carajas is an open pit mine where minerals are removed from the surface one layer at a time
2. The Carajas mine is one of the world's largest deposits of iron ore. It stretches across more than six miles of rainforest in the northeastern Brazil
3. In 2007, 296 million metric tons of iron ore were dug out of the mine, which is estimated to contain a total of 18 billion tons of iron ore, gold, manganese, copper, and nickel
4. The mine is one of scores of mining, hydropower, agricultural, and road projects that are increasingly removing the world's largest rainforest
5. The area is estimated to hold enough reserves to carry on mining for the next 400 years
6. Most of the ore is taken 690km from the mine to the port of Sao Luis on the Atlantic coast by rail
7. It is exported to countries such as Japan, Korea and Germany. The remainder is used in Brazilian steelworks. These provide finished steel for the home market
8. The project has aimed to restrict the numbers of trees being demolished in the rainforest and has only cut down trees on 1.6% of the area it occupies
9. The Carajas mine depends on overseas markets to purchase much of its iron ore
10. To the north-west of Carajas, on the south bank of the River Amazon, is the large bauxite mine, (used for making aluminum) at Trombetas
11. Mining and refining these valuable metals need large amounts of electricity which has therefore been provided by the Tucurui HEP
12. Building the railway to Sao Luis caused further dispute amongst the natives living there
It depends on what you mean by "start." Break ground? Not sure on that. But I can tell you the World Bank approved funding in 1982. Kim Henderson Thousand Oaks, California
I think it is ascience project because when I searched for it on the computer it came up as a science project. So ya it's a science project.
A preface for a pollution project must explain what the project is about. It should summarize pollution problems and provide various solutions.
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"Dating for beginners" could be a title for a project on rock dating.
The Carajas Project is in north-eastern Brazil , in Amazon rainforest . :)
The Grand Carajas project is a very extensive conservation project to restore and protect the Brazilian Rain Forests from the people who destroy the forests for its timber.
The Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
yes it is
It Was To Dig Ores And Stuff
$1.81 billion US.
Scinetists have predicted that it will last for around about 400 years
because it has killed many Brazilian tribes because off meazles
It is there because in 1967, large deposits of high grade iron-ore were found.
there isn't many this project is a way to get Brazil more money and turn them into an MEDC but for the rest of the world apart from the products.thanks Senior
It depends on what you mean by "start." Break ground? Not sure on that. But I can tell you the World Bank approved funding in 1982. Kim Henderson Thousand Oaks, California
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