Corumbá (mine)

Corumbá
Location
State	Mato Grosso do Sul
Country	Brazil
Owner
Company	Rio Tinto Group
Production
Products	Iron ore (2,000,000 tonnes per annum)

Corumbá is an iron ore mine located in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, near the border with Bolivia. The mine is of open pit construction, producing approximately 2 million tonnes per year of iron ore which is partially processed on site before being moved by barge along the Paraguay and Paraná Rivers to shipping ports along the Atlantic coast. The mine currently employs approximately 650. The mine is currently owned by multinational mining giant Rio Tinto Group.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Corumbá". Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Rio Tinto Group. 2009. http://www.riotintoironore.com/ENG/operations/301_corumba.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-10.