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Volta Grande Gold Mine

Sector: Hydro • Location: Para, Brazil

Source: ABC4 Utah

Project
Suspended

The Volta Grande gold mine is a highly contested mining project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest operated by Canadian company Belo Sun. The project aims to extract 3.52 million ounces of gold over 17 years, excavating more than 600 million tons of material, covering 24 square kilometers and affecting 125 hectares of the Amazon rainforest. The project has faced legal and environmental challenges,

Status
Failure
Sector
Hydro
Location
Para, Brazil
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
ABC4 Utah

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The project “Volta Grande Gold Mine” is an infrastructure initiative in the Hydro sector, located in Para, Brazil. Taiyo aggregates data on it from ABC4 Utah.

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The Volta Grande gold mine is a highly contested mining project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest operated by Canadian company Belo Sun. The project aims to extract 3.52 million ounces of gold over 17 years, excavating more than 600 million tons of material, covering 24 square kilometers and affecting 125 hectares of the Amazon rainforest. The project has faced legal and environmental challenges, including concerns about a tailings dam and impacts on Indigenous communities and the ecosystem.

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Mining

Location

Country

Brazil

State

Para

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ABC4 Utah

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Sector

Hydro

Article published date

2026-05-21

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