Court halts Brazil Potash’s permit for $2.5bn project

Environmental permitting in Brazil has become stricter, especially in the Amazon area, home to large numbers of indigenous peoples.

Canadian miner Brazil Potash was dealt a blow last week after a local court suspended the preliminary permit the company had obtained for its $2.5 billion Autazes potash project in the Amazonas state. The court’s decision responded to a request from the federal prosecutors office , alleging that various procedures related to the granting of the permit were not properly followed. Prosecutors claim Potassio do Brasil, a unit of Toronto-based Brazil Potash, violated local indigenous population constitutional right of land usage as well as insufficient consultation with affected communities and threats to local leaders.

They also said the issuance of the environmental permit was done without a technical study outlining “the impact on the life and customs of the people in the region,” the

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