性爱无码高清电影|亚洲第一播放器|国产精品日日摸夜夜摸添孕妇|日本在线不卡免费|日韩A片大全在线观看|国产精品Av在线观看|欧美日韩另类一级二级|国产一区二区三区高清无码|成人网站在线观看视频|TS女神第一福利视频


Brazil prosecutors seek to block expansion of Anglo American mining dam

  • Thursday, March 5, 2020
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:Brazil,Anglo American
[Fellow]Brazil prosecutors seek to block expansion of Anglo American mining dam

[ferro-alloys.com]Brazilian state prosecutors filed a lawsuit on Tuesday requesting that miner Anglo American PLC’s (LON: AAL) license to expand a mining dam be suspended, following a fatal mining disaster last year.

The state of Minas Gerais passed a law last year commonly called “Sea of Mud, Never Again” to change mining rules following the collapse of a dam at a Vale (NYSE: VALE) facility that released a torrent of mining waste, killing at least 270 people.

Based on that law, Minas Gerais prosecutors are seeking to block the planned expansion in capacity of Anglo’s Minas-Rio facility, which includes raising the height of a dam that contains mining tailings.

The company received the last license it required in December to increase the complex’s total capacity to 26.5 million tonnes of iron ore annually, from roughly 23 million tonnes as of last year.

The prosecutors’ office said in a statement on its website that the environmental license granted to Anglo for the expansion should be blocked and all further licenses withheld until those living in three communities downstream from the dam secure the right to be relocated.

Anglo American said in a statement that relevant authorities had recognized the validity of its license and the part of the new law in question does not apply in this case.

The company said it already established a voluntary relocation program for families near the dam.

The Anglo dam is constructed in “downstream” technique, considered safer than Vale’s “upstream” style dam that collapsed.

(Mining.com)

  • [Editor:王可]

Tell Us What You Think

please login!   login   register
Please be logged in to comment!