ArcelorMittal Expands Evacuation Area Around Brazil Mining Dam
04 Julio 2019 - 10:36AM
Noticias Dow Jones
By Nathan Allen
ArcelorMittal (MT.AE) said Thursday that it has evacuated around
30 more families from two communities close to its Serra Azul mine
in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, based on new analysis of a tailings
dam.
As a precautionary measure ArcelorMittal said it has adopted
more conservative assumptions over the potential impact zone if the
dam were to collapse, leading the company to expand the evacuation
area.
The steelmaker and iron-ore miner removed 200 people from the
area in February after an independent review panel found it posed a
safety risk. Since that time the company said it has stepped up its
monitoring of the facility to include 24-hour surveillance and
drone inspections.
The company said it plans to decommission the structure, which
has been idled since 2012, once it concludes several interim
measures to ensure the dam's safety.
Brazil's mining industry has been in the spotlight since the
collapse of a tailings dam at a mine operated by Vale S/A
(VALE3.BR) killed about 270 people in January.
Write to Nathan Allen at nathan.allen@dowjones.com
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