Mining in Brazil Wikipedia
Mining in Brazil is centered on the extraction of iron (the second largest global iron ore exporter), copper, gold, aluminum (bauxiteone of the 5 biggest world''s productors), manganese (one of the 5 biggest world''s productors), tin (one of the biggest world''s productors), niobium (concentrates 98% of the known niobium reserves in the world), and nickel.