Brazilian city of Canaa dos Carajas has tripled in 12 years to reach 75,000 inhabitants. The name of the city is inspired by a biblical reference, Canaan, the promised land "where milk and honey flow" Since 2016, Vale has operated one of the largest open-pit iron mines in the world, as well as a copper deposit.
At the same time, a hundred "garimpos", the name given to illegal mines, abound clandestinely in the Amazon rainforest.