Brazil Detains 90 Percent of Global Niobium Market
A metal unknown to the majority of Brazilians until now, Niobium gained visibility when President Jair Bolsonaro introduced it during...
November 24, 2019Section
Mining
Mining Industry News News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil’s Government Aims to Foster Economic Development in the Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "We are developing a new philosophy of environmental preservation that is not only restricted to...
October 11, 2019
Brazil’s Government Will Restart Uranium Mining and Expand Nuclear Program
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After five years, the government intends to restart uranium mining in Brazil as a strategy...
October 8, 2019
Bolsonaro Tells Miners He Might Send the Armed Forces to Serra Pelada
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro has personally assured a group of miners that, should there be legal...
October 2, 2019Police Find Three Illegal Mines in Pará State
Civil Police Operation Castelo de Ouro closed three clandestine mines in the Castelo de Sonhos district in Altamira, southeast Pará,...
September 1, 2019
Brazil’s Vale: Financial Results Suffer From Effect of Two Devastating Dam Collapses
Rio-based miner Vale said on Wednesday, July 31st, it swung to a quarterly loss as the company announced more thaUS$2...
August 1, 2019
Bad First Half-Year in Brazil Steel Production, Expectations not Met
According to the latest figures of the Brazil Steel Institute (Instituto Aço Brasil) raw steel production in Brazil slid by...
July 27, 2019
Vale Reaches Settlement to Pay Damages to Workers Affected by Brumadinho Disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Brazilian mining company Vale SA said on Monday it would pay R$400 (US$106.52) million...
July 16, 2019Industrial Sector in Brazil has Decreased in Four Years, Says IBGE
Brazilian industry has been shrinking, according to the Annual Industrial Research (PIA), published this Thursday, June 6th, by the Brazilian...
June 7, 2019