Boa Vista mine explained

Boa Vista mine
Pushpin Map:	Brazil
Place:	Catalão
Subdivision Type:	State
State/Province:	Goiás
Country:	Brazil
Owner:	China Molybdenum
Products:	Niobium Phosphate
Opening Year:	2000^[1]

The Boa Vista mine is an open pit niobium and phosphate mine located near the city of Catalão in Goiás state in Brazil. Geologically, it is located on the Catalão II carbonatite complex.^{[2] [3]}

The mine was opened by Anglo American plc, and had an output of 4,700 tons of niobium in 2014.^[4] In 2016, the mine, along with several associated processing plants, was sold to China Molybdenum.^[5] The sale was strongly criticized by then presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 presidential campaign, for reasons of economic nationalism.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração

Notes and References

1. Gonçalves . Ricardo Junior de Assis Fernandes . Milanez . Bruno . A territorialização da rede global extrativa do nióbio em Goiás, Brasil . Ateliê Geográfico . Universidade Federal de Goias . 14 . 2 . 2020-08-07 . 1982-1956 . 10.5216/ag.v14i2.62834 . 142–162. free .
2. Cordeiro . Pedro Filipe de Oliveira . Brod . José Affonso . Palmieri . Matheus . de Oliveira . Claudinei Gouveia . Barbosa . Elisa Soares Rocha . Santos . Roberto Ventura . Gaspar . José Carlos . Assis . Luis Carlos . 5. The Catalão I niobium deposit, central Brazil: Resources, geology and pyrochlore chemistry . Ore Geology Reviews . Elsevier BV . 41 . 1 . 2011 . 0169-1368 . 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.06.013 . 112–121.
3. dos Santos . Roberto P. Zanon . Mantovani . Marta S. M. . Shukowsky . Wladimir . Leite . Eduardo M. . Ferreira . Herbert J. . Requejo . Henrique S. . Gravimetric and Magnetic interpretation of Catalão II anomaly (GO-Brazil) . Brazilian Geophysical Society . 2013-01-09 . 10.1190/sbgf2013-153 .
4. Book: Ibp, I. . Brazil Mineral, Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information, Metals and Minerals Production . International Business Publications USA . World Strategic and Business Information Library . 2018 . 978-1-4330-2477-1 . 2022-06-04 . 53.
5. Web site: Odendaal . Natasha . Anglo offloads niobium, phosphates assets to Chinese firm in $1.5bn deal . Mining Weekly . 2016-04-28 . 2022-06-04.
6. Web site: Spring . Jake . Hands off Brazil's niobium: Bolsonaro sees China as threat to utopian vision . Reuters . 2018-10-25 . 2022-06-04.
7. Web site: Caio de Freitas Paes. Niobium’s silent impact in Brazil . Dialogo Chino . 2019-04-05 . 2022-06-04.