The Grand Carajas Scheme

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Todays Learning Plan
Learning Target Why is the Grand Carajas
Scheme important to
Brazil? Starter Read and discuss
the Brazilian (10 minutes)
Governments statement (slide 3) Main Activity
Study the main characteristics of Carajas (35
minutes) using
the PP. and Video Clips.
Mine (5.07-10.05)
Sustainability (10.05-13.20)
Complete Spider diagram W/S. Plenary
Review the lesson and learning
target (10 minutes)
using the completed W/S. Homework
N/A .
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Brazilian Government
The income gap between the richest and the
poorest in Brazil is getting wider. The shanty
towns in our large cities such as Rio de Janeiro,
Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo are expanding and
their residents lack basic facilities such as
electricity and clean water. Our interest on the
debt is growing each year and we need to invest
in our industries if we are to ever pay back this
money. Developing the Amazon can generate some
of this necessary investment.
Fact File Capital - Brazilia Population 162
million GNP per capita - 3,370 Debt - 1,153
million Literacy 80 Tourism over 1 million
visitors per year
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Where is the Amazon Basin?
Amazon Basin
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THE AMAZON BASIN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BELEM
R. AMAZON
ANDES MTS.
SAO LUIS
CARAJAS
AMAZON BASIN
PACIFIC OCEAN
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Developments in the Amazon
Carajas Project
Belem
Sao Luis
Tucurui
rail link
iron ore, copper, manganese, nickel, bauxite,
gold, tin, lead, zinc
Carajas
TransAmazonian Highway
0
100km
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• THE GRAND CARAJAS PLAN 
• The Grand Carajas Plan is the largest iron ore
  mine in the world employing over 7,000 people.
  The ore is very rich in iron, containing 66
  metal. The area is estimated to hold enough
  reserves to carry on mining for the next 400
  years.

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• THE GRAND CARAJAS PLAN 
• The Grand Carajas Plan is the l iron ore
  mine in the world employing over 7,000 people.
  The ore is very rich in iron, containing
  metal. The area is estimated to hold enough
  reserves to carry on mining for the next 400
  years.

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• THE GRAND CARAJAS PLAN 
• The Grand Carajas Plan is the largest iron ore
  mine in the world employing over 7,000 people.
  The ore is very rich in iron, containing 66
  metal. The area is estimated to hold enough
  reserves to carry on mining for the next 400
  years.

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• Most of the ore is taken the 690 kilometres from
  the mine to the port of Sao Luis on the Atlantic
  coast by rail.

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VIDEO CLIP 1
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• Most of the ore is taken the kilometres from
• the mine to the port of Sao Luis on the A.
• coast by r where it is exported to countries
• such as J, K and G. The remainder
• is used in B steelworks. These provide
• finished steel for the home market. The project
• has aimed to restrict the d of the
• rainforest and has only cut down trees on 1.6 per
• cent of the area it occupies. The Carajas mine
• depends on o markets to purchase much
• of its iron ore.

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• Most of the ore is taken the 690 kilometres from
• the mine to the port of Sao Luis on the Atlantic
• coast by rail where it is exported to countries
• such as Japan,Korea and Germany. The remainder
• is used in Brazilian steelworks. These provide
• finished steel for the home market. The project
• has aimed to restrict the deforestation of the
• rainforest and has only cut down trees on 1.6 per
• cent of the area it occupies. The Carajas mine
• depends on overseas markets to purchase much of
• its iron ore.

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• To the north-west of Carajas, on the south bank
• of the River Amazon, is the large b mine,
• (used for making a.) at Trombetas. Again
• most of this ore is exported to o countries.
• Mining and refining these valuable metals need
• large amounts of e This has been
• provided by the Tucurui HEP scheme close by.

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• To the north-west of Carajas, on the south bank
• of the River Amazon, is the large bauxite mine,
• (used for making aluminium) at Trombetas. Again
• most of this ore is exported to other countries.
• Mining and refining these valuable metals need
• large amounts of electricity. This has been
• provided by the Tucurui HEP scheme close by.

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VIDEO CLIP 2
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• THE GRAND CARAJAS PLAN 
• The Grand Carajas Plan is the largest iron
  ore mine in the world employing over 7,000
  people. The ore is very rich in iron, containing
  66 metal. The area is estimated to hold enough
  reserves to carry on mining for the next 400
  years.
• Most of the ore is taken the 690 kilometres
  from the mine to the port of
• Sao Luis on the Atlantic coast by rail where it
  is exported to countries such as Japan,Korea and
  Germany. The remainder is used in Brazilian
  steelworks. These provide finished steel for the
  home market. The project has aimed to restrict
  the deforestation of the rainforest and has only
  cut down trees on 1.6 per cent of the area it
  occupies. The Carajas mine depends on overseas
  markets to purchase much of its iron ore.
•   To the north-west of Carajas, on the south
  bank of the River Amazon, is the large bauxite
  mine, (used for making aluminium) at Trombetas.
  Again most of this ore is exported to other
  countries. Mining and refining these valuable
  metals need large amounts of electricity. This
  has been provided by the Tucurui HEP scheme close
  by.

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Group task

• In your group discuss your task
• Write down ideas in the back of your book
• Come up with as many ideas as you can during the
  lesson
• Complete your own group draught in class and
  start writing up once it has been checked

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Todays Learning Plan
Learning Target Why is the Grand Carajas
Scheme important to
Brazil? Starter Read and discuss
the Brazilian (10 minutes)
Governments statement (slide 3) Main Activity
Study the main characteristics of Carajas (35
minutes) using
the PP. and Video Clips.
Mine (5.07-10.05)
Sustainability (10.05-13.20)
Complete Spider diagram W/S. Plenary
Review the lesson and learning
target using
the completed W/S. Homework N/A.
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Brazilian Government
The income gap between the richest and the
poorest in Brazil is getting wider. The shanty
towns in our large cities such as Rio de Janeiro,
Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo are expanding and
their residents lack basic facilities such as
electricity and clean water. Our interest on the
debt is growing each year and we need to invest
in our industries if we are to ever pay back this
money. Developing the Amazon can generate some
of this necessary investment.
Fact File Capital - Brazilia Population 162
million GNP per capita - 3,370 Debt - 1,153
million Literacy 80 Tourism over 1 million
visitors per year
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GCSE Question

• May 2002
• A2 LEDCs 9 marks Grand Carajas Scheme
• e For an LEDC you have studied describe how an
  investment or aid programme can improve the
  quality of life of the people living there.