NgoJanuwari 9, iVallourec, inkampani yamapayipi ensimbi yaseFrance, yathi idamu lensimbi yensimbi yePau Branco esifundazweni saseBrazil iMinas Gerais lachichima lanqamula ukuxhumana phakathi kweRio de Janeiro neBrazil.Ukuhamba kwezimoto emgwaqweni omkhulu u-BR-040 e-Belo Horizonte, i-Brazil's National Agency for Mines (ANM) iyalele ukuthi kumiswe ukusebenza kwephrojekthi.
Kubikwa ukuthi le ngozi yenzeke ngoJanuwari 8. Izimvula ezinamandla eMinas Gerais, eBrazil ezinsukwini zamuva nje, zidale ukudilika uthango lwensimbi yensimbi yakwaVallourec, udaka oluningi lwahlasela umgwaqo u-BR-040, owavaleka ngokushesha. ..
I-Vallourec ikhiphe isitatimende: “Inkampani ixhumana ngenkuthalo futhi ibambisana nezinhlaka ezinekhono kanye neziphathimandla ukuze kuncishiswe umthelela futhi ibuyele ezimeni ezijwayelekile ngokushesha okukhulu.”Ngaphezu kwalokho le nkampani ithe azikho izinkinga zesakhiwo kuleli damu.
Umkhiqizo waminyaka yonke wephrojekthi yensimbi yensimbi ye-Vallourec Pau Blanco cishe amathani ayizigidi eziyisi-6.I-Vallourec Mineraçäo ibithuthukisa futhi ikhiqiza insimbi emayini yase-Paublanco kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1980.Kubikwa ukuthi umthamo oklanyiwe we-concentrator ye-hematite owaqala ukwakhiwa kuphrojekthi ungamathani ayizigidi ezi-3.2 ngonyaka.
Kubikwa ukuthi iphrojekthi yensimbi ye-Vallourec Pau Blanco itholakala edolobheni laseBrumadinho, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-30 ukusuka e-Belo Horizonte, futhi inendawo ephakeme yezimayini.