Brazil: after the tragedy of Brumadinho, they warn that Barao de Cocais dam could collapse

A dam of the Vale mining company in Brazil went on high alert Faced with the risk of rupture, two months after the fall of a dam in the same area, there were 209 dead and 97 missing, confirmed the company today.

The company Vale said in a statement that the risk level of the Barao de Cocais mine dam in the state of Minas Gerais had gone from 2 to 3, the highest level, after a listener independent stressedcritical condition of stability"from the square.

According to the company, the largest producer and exporter of iron in the world, alerts have also been triggered in the region as a preventive measure: the area near the dam. I had already been evacuated February 8 before the risk of collapse.

The Barao de Cocais inactive dam is similar to that of last January 25th. it's collapsed in the city of Brumadinho, as well as the state of Minas Gerais, which left 209 dead and 97 missing, as well as incalculable environmental damage.

"Any activity on the dike could cause a breakLieutenant-Colonel Flavio Godinho, of the State Department of Civil Defense, badured the local press.

After the tragedy in Brumadinho, the authorities opened an investigation with a view to clarify Vale's responsibility during the disaster, the mining giant's second mining giant in just over three years.

In 2015, the closure of several dams by mining company Samarco, controlled by Vale and BHP Billiton, makes 19 deaths in Mariana, also located in Minas Gerais, was one of the biggest ecological disasters in the history of Brazil.

After the disaster of 2015, Fabio Schvartsman badumed the presidency of Vale with the promise of "Mariana never again", but the executive he was forced to resign at the beginning of the month after pressure by the Office of the Prosecutor for the Brumadinho tragedy.

Schvartsman was then replaced interim Eduardo Salles Bartolomeo, executive director of base metals of the company.