Vale will dismantle 10 dams in Brazil after the disaster that left 84 dead

It the cut represents 10% of Vale's annual productionVale's president, Fábio Schvartsman, said at a press conference in Brasilia, at the conclusion of a meeting with ministers of Mines and Energy and Energy. 39; Environment.

The process will end in three years and it will require an investment of 5,000 million reals (approximately $ 1,300 million), he added during the presentation of the plan, four days after the breakup of the mining dam. Brumadinhowhich, according to the last provisional balance left 84 dead and 276 missing.

It's a "definitive and drastic plan (…), a complete answer and at the height of the enormous Brumadinho tragedy"said the director of the world's largest iron producer.

The type of dam in question – which can be erected in a staggered manner by accumulating waste – was of the same pattern as in November 2015, it had collapsed in Mariana, 125 km from Brumadinho, killing 19 people and the biggest ecological disaster of the country.

According to the company, there were initially 19 such dams in Minas Gerais, nine of which have already been dismantled. The other ten have not been used in production processes, but can still contain waste or water.

Schvartsman stressed that international awards "demonstrate the safety of these dams".

"Our structures are in perfect condition, but we have resolved not to accept these rewards and to do otherwise," he said.

Pieces will affect 5,000 workers, which "will" be absorbed by the 80,000 employees of the company, he announced.