Ngomhlaka-9 Januwari, iVallourec, inkampani yamapayipi ensimbi yaseFrance, yathi idamu lokususa udoti wephrojekthi yayo yensimbi iPau Branco esifundazweni saseBrazil iMinas Gerais ligcwele futhi lanqamula ukuxhumana phakathi kweRio de Janeiro neBrazil. Izimoto emgwaqweni omkhulu i-BR-040 eBelo Horizonte, iNational Agency for Mines (ANM) yaseBrazil yayala ukumiswa kokusebenza kwephrojekthi.
Kubikwa ukuthi ingozi yenzeke ngoJanuwari 8. Izimvula ezinkulu eMinas Gerais, eBrazil ezinsukwini zamuva nje, zibangele ukudilika kwesakhiwo sensimbi saseVallourec, futhi udaka olukhulu lwangena emgwaqweni i-BR-040, owavalwa ngokushesha.
I-Vallourec ikhiphe isitatimende: “Inkampani ixhumana futhi ibambisana ngenkuthalo nezikhungo ezinekhono kanye neziphathimandla ukuze kuncishiswe umthelela futhi kubuyele ezimweni ezijwayelekile ngokushesha okukhulu.” Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani ithe azikho izinkinga zesakhiwo ngedamu.
Umkhiqizo waminyaka yonke wephrojekthi yensimbi iVallourec Pau Blanco ungamathani ayizigidi eziyisithupha. IVallourec Mineraçäo ibilokhu ithuthukisa futhi ikhiqiza insimbi emayini iPaublanco kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1980. Kubikwa ukuthi amandla aklanywe yi-hematite concentrator eyakhiwa ekuqaleni kule phrojekthi angamathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.2 ngonyaka.
Kubikwa ukuthi iphrojekthi yensimbi yaseVallourec Pau Blanco itholakala edolobheni laseBrumadinho, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-30 ukusuka eBelo Horizonte, futhi inendawo yokumba engcono kakhulu.