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]
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Boa Vista mine | |
| Location | Catalão |
| State | Goiás |
| Country | Brazil |
| Coordinates | 18°03′03″S 47°51′58″W / 18.050829818124278°S 47.86602403898481°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Niobium Phosphate |
| History | |
| Opened | 2000[1] |
| Owner | |
| Company | China Molybdenum |
| Website | en |
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]
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- ^ Cordeiro, Pedro Filipe de Oliveira; Brod, José Affonso; Palmieri, Matheus; de Oliveira, Claudinei Gouveia; Barbosa, Elisa Soares Rocha; et al. (2011). "The Catalão I niobium deposit, central Brazil: Resources, geology and pyrochlore chemistry". Ore Geology Reviews. 41 (1). Elsevier BV: 112–121. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.06.013. ISSN 0169-1368.
- ^ dos Santos, Roberto P. Zanon; Mantovani, Marta S. M.; Shukowsky, Wladimir; Leite, Eduardo M.; Ferreira, Herbert J.; Requejo, Henrique S. (2013-01-09). Gravimetric and Magnetic interpretation of Catalão II anomaly (GO-Brazil) (PDF). Brazilian Geophysical Society. doi:10.1190/sbgf2013-153.
- ^ Ibp, I. (2018). Brazil Mineral, Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information, Metals and Minerals Production. World Strategic and Business Information Library. International Business Publications USA. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4330-2477-1. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Odendaal, Natasha (2016-04-28). "Anglo offloads niobium, phosphates assets to Chinese firm in $1.5bn deal". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Spring, Jake (2018-10-25). "Hands off Brazil's niobium: Bolsonaro sees China as threat to utopian vision". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Caio de Freitas Paes (2019-04-05). "Niobium's silent impact in Brazil". Dialogo Chino. Retrieved 2022-06-04.