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Ecologist Carolina de Moura, 35, who lives in the Casa Branca neighborhood of Brumadinho, in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, confided to G1 this part of the community s & # 39, opposed the license application for the Paraopeba complex, which includes the Jangada and Córrego do Feijão mines, made in December 2018.
Dam 1 at Mine do Feijão broke out in the early part of the year. midday. According to Vale, there were employees at the site of the breakup and there was possibility of casualties. At around 5 pm, firefighters said that there were about 200 people missing.
As for the breach of the dam this Friday, she is indignant. "It's a dramatic situation, we have alerted, filed a complaint and appealed this license," said Carolina, who is part of Movimiento Águas and Serra de Casa Branca.
Aerial view of the site destroyed by the tailings after the breakage of the Feijão mining dam, located in Brumadinho, in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area (MG), on Friday 25 – Photo: Moisés "But every time we complained, the ages Vale said that everything was safe and we would not have to worry about it. He saw how safe he was, "Carolina asked.
On Friday, the Secretary of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development (Semad) said that the bean mine and dam 1 were "approved."
According to the Secretariat, in December 2018, Vale obtained a license for the reuse of waste stored in the dam and for its decommissioning, that is, its closure. Activities
Semad also indicated that the dam had not received any residues since 2014 and that stability was guaranteed by the auditor, according to the report prepared in August 2018.
In December 2018, Semad It was noted in a note that the process badysis The approval of the mine was the expansion of cava and tailings as well as roads to transport ore tailings, in the case of the Jangada mine. [19659011] As far as the Córrego do Feijão mine is concerned, it would be expan activities, placement of residues in the pit without the need for bus construction; reuse of mineral badets disposed of in the dam; and installation of a pipeline.
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