“[It’s] the result of joint efforts from the agency and the institutions in the national push against corruption and money laundering, targeting illegal mining and the crimes associated with it,” said the director of Brazil’s mining authority.
Brazilian mining giant Vale may resume its activities in the Alegria mine, part of the Mariana complex, in Minas Gerais state. It had been shut down in March 2019. The company reported Friday (Nov.
Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM) ordered that mining companies must carry out daily inspections on tailings dams like that of Brumadinho, which collapsed on January 25 leaving 160 dead and 160 missing up to now.