Recursos minerais do Brasil: defesa, segurança e desenvolvimento

Abstract

This monograph brings the results of research that aimed to develop guidelines that aim to increase the attractiveness of environmentally sustainable economic investments for the mineral sector in Brazil, prioritizing the defense, security and development of the Brazilian population. The methodology adopted involved bibliographic and documentary research focused on the mineral sector, as well as consultations with various institutions and governmental organs and privates , in order to promote a diagnosis of the current situation, standing out its potentialities and deficiencies, with approaches on the defense of territories where there is international interest in deposits and potential areas with economic mineral deposits, indigenous and border areas, the Blue Amazon, the continental shelf and adjacent areas, and Antarctica. Also noteworthy is the important role of agribusiness, strategic minerals, energy and essentials for health, as well as those used in construction and ornamental rocks in the country's economic independence in this sector. By means of maps, the areas most favorable to the occurrence of economical minerals are indicated, demonstrating the great mineral potential for ferrous, non-ferrous, precious metals, base metals, strategic and others. It is concluded by the need to promote the reduce in the bureaucracy of the various legal instruments to comply with the exploration grant; the revision of the mining code; fighting the gold mining invasion; the safety of dams; the disposal of mine tailings for sustainable use and exploitation. It is believed that the adoption of the guidelines presented here will contribute to reverse the current negative trend of national mineral production, with the consequent improvement of the gross domestic product.