Southern frontlines: Latin America and the CaribbeanThe Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories A mountain of iron ore is visible amid a tropical rainforest at the Itaqui Port in São Luís, Maranhão. The Grand Carajás project started in 1982 and is now the world’s largest iron-ore mine. Photograph: Ian GuerraSupported byAbout this contentAll photographs by Ian Guerra in Carajás, BrazilFri 21 Aug 2026 08.00 EDTShare
Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures
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