SAO PAULO, July 5 (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale SA VALE3.SA will use unmanned gear for the elimination of iron ore mining waste to assist shut down two dams at imminent threat of collapse in Minas Gerais state, in line with a securities submitting on Monday.
The announcement comes two years and 4 months after the collapse of a tailings dam at its mine within the city of Brumadinho that killed roughly 270 folks, in one of many world’s worst mining disasters.
That was the second lethal tailings dam rupture at a Vale-affiliated mine in 4 years.
Following the Brumadinho catastrophe, Brazil banned so-called “upstream” dams tailings which are constructed in a method that will increase threat of collapse and set timelines for all such dams to be shut down.
The unmanned gear will likely be used to assist shut down two upstream dams, the B3/B4 dam of the Mar Azul mine and the Sul Superior dam on the Gongo Soco mine.
Each dams are on the highest stage ranking for threat of collapse – stage 3 – requiring precautionary measures together with evacuating folks from the world.
Vale stated the transfer was accredited by an professional on the prosecutor’s workplace, along with the complete physique of exterior consultants employed by the corporate to supervise such tasks.
Vale stated the most recent motion represents the development of the corporate’s “upstream dam decharacterization program” and its dedication to security.
(Reporting by Ana Mano Enhancing by Sonya Hepinstall)
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