Brazilian miner Vale separates director because of Brumadinho disaster | Economy

Five weeks after the rupture of a waste raft, more than 300 people lost their lives in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and, if a hundred long corpses have still not been identified, the owner company has decided to temporarily dismiss its chairman. executive, Fabio Schvartsman. This and three other executives of Vale, one of the largest Brazilian multinationals, left office on Saturday night after a meeting of the board of directors. On Friday, the federal prosecutor's office, the regional prosecutor's office and the federal police, investigating the dam's breach on January 25, asked the company to stop the four directors and a dozen employees. Vale's current executive director, Eduardo Bartolomeo, replaces him.

The Brumadinho disaster put the safety and control measures of this type of facility at the center of the debate because only three years ago, another Vale mine had suffered a similar break. The collapse of Mariana, near Brumadinho, also in Minas Gerais, caused 19 deaths and the biggest ecological disaster in the history of Brazil. When Mr. Schvartsman became CEO of Vale in May 2017, he adopted the slogan "Mariana Never Again". Twenty months later, a huge mud language swallowed 300 people between company workers and contractors.