Parauapebas also houses, to a lesser extent, employees from Vale de Serra Leste and the S11D mine (which produced 24% of Vale’s iron ore alone in 2019), in Canaã dos Carajás.

This technology was able to provide mine owners with iron wheels ... could be easily produced in large quantities, enabling cast iron goods to be made in large numbers. This was the beginning ...

became a major mining site, employing about 500 people. After 1709, Coalbrookdale saw other achievements, such as the first cast-iron bridge - built over the River Severn - and the first cast-iron ...