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Business● Elevated51m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 9:57 PM

Justice re-interdicts AP's largest gold mine due to suspected mercury use; cooperative says it uses borax

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Imap, coogal, amapá, calçoene, contamination, rio, Imap/Divulgação, Minamata, garimpo do lourenço, Imap/Divulgação Pointed out by environmental agencies and the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) for indications of mercury contamination, the Lourenço Gold Mine, the largest in Amapá and one of the oldest in Brazil, l

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