Caldas has two dams without security guarantee from the National Mining Agency | South of Minas

Minas Gerais today has 698 dams registered at the State Foundation for the Environment. South of Minas, there are 45 in seven cities. Dams are audited by the ANM, which determines whether they are in a stable situation or not.

In addition to Caldas, six other towns in the south of Minas have dams. Poços de Caldas is the city with the largest number of dams (17), followed by the municipalities of Guaranésia (6), Nazareno (6), Pbados (6), São Tiago (6) and Fortaleza de Minas (2).

However, all have pbaded the inspection of the ANM, which means that they have a guarantee of stability and are not likely to be disrupted. INB reported that after a report published in Jornal Nacional in 2016, he had contracted consultation of the Federal University of Ouro Preto. EPTV Sul de Minas, a subsidiary of Rede Globo, (UFOP) to perform a waste rock dump data badysis, including stability.

Also according to the BNI, each area of ​​responsibility of the company does not pose any risk to the worker, the environment and neighboring communities of the unit. The UFOP report confirmed the need to disable the extravasor system – collecting water from the tank up to the treatment plant – to build a new one. According to the company, the service was urgently contracted in December 2018 and completion was scheduled for June 2019.