Responses to the Brumadinho tragedy: 60 dead and 292 missing

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A new day, a new chance to find survivors after the rupture of the Vale mining dam at Brumadinho Minas Gerais

this Monday, 28th, the firefighters confirmed 60 dead, of which 19 identified and 292 missing, many of them having never been found, because they are buried, according to estimates of the research teams, in eight meters of mud

in Brumadinho., the journalist of EXAME Mariana Desidério tells the pain of the city which has an intense relationship with the company

"People ask their acquaintances in supermarkets how many people in their families are missing. and lost seven people. "

The Córrego do Feijão mine was built in 1976 and measured 86 meters high and 11.7 million cubic meters of residues that invaded companies, inns and houses, announcing a series of measures to protect the environment. which, in the opinion of the inhabitants of Brumadinho and the badysts and experts consulted by EXAME may not be sufficient to solve the short and long-term problems of the company and its employees.

"How am I to say that we learned [com a tragédia de Mariana] if an accident of these [Brumadinho] had just occurred? What I can say is what we did after the accident. We have returned all the roadblocks and engaged the best audits in the world to check their status. We have done everything in our power to ensure security and stability, "Fabio Schvartsman, president of the company, told GloboNews on Friday.

"Let's do a quick and thorough investigation to find out what happened."

Yesterday, in Brumadinho, Schvartsman stated that Vale had created a working group that would present a plan to improve safety standards empersa dams beyond the most stringent standards.

The company also created two advisory committees to the board of directors to provide responses on the disruption – to control victim badistance and clarify responsibilities.

The variable remuneration of its directors has been suspended. The company claims to have placed a helicopter and 40 ambulances during searches and opened an badistance center and a telephone exchange

There are 40 other roadblocks in Minas Gerais, like those that were dismantled, according to Julio Grillo, director General of Ibama. One of them, also in Brumadinho, drove Vale to issue alerts Sunday at 5:30 in the morning due to the risk of disruption. According to the company, the dam is being dewatered and is already "back to safety settings".

In addition to emergency and bureaucratic measures, the experts expect the company to review its business model and its environmental and social policies.

They also expect an incisive response from the government, with a possible revision of the forest code dating from 1967. The tragedy of Mariana three years ago was not enough for a thorough review of the sector. The next few days and months will indicate whether Brumadinho has at least served as a definitive warning.