"Big mining companies have Brazilian indigenous lands in their sights", 22 February 2022

...Major mining companies are looking to expand into currently protected Brazilian indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, driven by billions of dollars from international banks and investment firms...

...The companies appear to be betting that President Jair Bolsonaro, who is pushing to open up protected lands to mining and agribusiness, will be able to get projects submitted by his government approved so they can operate in indigenous territories, the report explains.

... The text asks the banks and financial companies that support these companies to withdraw from them, on the grounds that many also have a history of human rights violations and environmental destruction.

...Many of the companies have denied the charges. Anglo American claimed it had legacy "applications" for indigenous lands which it "fully and formally withdrew several years ago".

Belo Sun, Peru's Minsur and Potássio do Brasil said they have no activities related to indigenous territory and defended their social and environmental performance...

(Source in Portuguese translated by the BHRRC)