Minas Gerais: 2 of 3

 While the Serra Azul facility is inactive in Brazil, ArcelorMittal's active portfolio includes the Saldanha plant in South Africa
MANAGEMENT

ArcelorMittal widens safety zone around Serra Azul

More families moved away from ongoing mudslide danger area in Brazil

10 July 2019

Inmarsat's solution allows mining companies to remotely monitor their tailings dams in real time
TECHNOLOGY

Inmarsat signs MoU with Minas Gerais government

The MoU will explore the potential of IoT solutions for monitoring tailings dams in the region

29 May 2019

The Gongo Soco mine was closed in 2016
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale gives dam warning

Vale has identified movement at the northern slope of a pit at the Gongo Soco mine in Minas Gerais

17 May 2019

The Brucutu mine in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil
MANAGEMENT

Vale's Brucutu gearing back up following dam burst

Brazilian operation had been idled since February

23 April 2019

Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman flies over Brumadinho after the tailings dam breach at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Communities evacuated in Minas Gerais as a precaution

Vale and ArcelorMittal are both evacuating communities near upstream tailings dams in Minas Gerais

08 February 2019

The breach of the tailings dam at Vale's Córrego do Feijão mine occurred on January 25
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

"The dam collapsed so fast that the sludge engulfed the alarms"

Vale's Fabio Schvartsman gave a press conference after a meeting with Brazil's prosecutor general

01 February 2019

The community of Bento Rodrigues was flooded by the release of mine tailings. Photo: Antonio Cruz (Agência Brasil)
MANAGEMENT

Samarco investigation report published

A panel has published its findings into the immediate causes of the failure of the Fundão tailings dam

30 August 2016

Brazil Minerals’ Mineração Duas Barras project
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

Brazil Minerals completes fleet

Brazil Minerals has acquired the last items needed to have its own initial complete fleet

11 February 2015

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