Mining giant Vale Wednesday (Jun 26) announced it will earmark a total of $468 million up to 2023 for environmental recovery and waste removal in the area affected by the disaster in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, and to ensure the safety of the remaining facilities at the Có
One month after the tragedy caused by the rupture of Vale’s Dam 1 in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, search efforts are still trying to locate 134 missing people. Search operations are estimate to last some three to four months after the collapse, firefighters reported.
At the recommendation of Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM), the country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy introduced anti-accident measures at the approximately 1 thousand dams across the country, starting this year and effective up to 2021.
Vale reported it has plans to increase the share of dry processing to 70 percent of its production by 2023, with a gradual reduction in the use of dams in operations.
Brumadinho—in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, state capital of Minas Gerais—became famous nationwide because of mining giant Vale and the proximity with the art museum of Inhotim, the world’s largest outdoor museum.
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