The world's largest miner, BHP, said the funding will go towards building a filtration plant over the next 12 months, after which the mine will resume production.
BHP has approved $ 44 million in funding to reopen Samarco Mineracao, its iron ore joint venture with Vale in Brazil, four years after the damaging collapse that killed 19 people and became the world's worst environmental disaster. in the world and in the history of the country.
The new facility will enable Samarco to use dry stacking technology for the disposal of mining waste, replacing the previous dam-based system.
Last week, the facility received a permit from the state environmental regulator of Minas Gerais. Vale then said it expects production to resume in the second half of 2020 with a capacity of 7 to 8 million tonnes of iron ore pellets per year.
BHP Allocates $ 44M to Rebuild Mine After World's Worst Environmental Disaster
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Azovpromstal® 2 November 2019 г. 11:14 |
