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Amazon caves may block Vale iron ore mine

Sydney Morning Herald | October 2, 2011 | 8:13 pm Europe Iron Ore

Vale, the world’s second-largest mining company, may be unable to develop a massive new iron-ore mine in the Amazon after archeologically and environmentally sensitive caves were found at the site, the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday. The