chances, to be found in the slurry compositions according to the dam break in Brazil is still Surviving. Around 300 people are still missing. The government has announced a million penalty against the mine operator.
After the dam break at an iron ore mine in Brazil forces have recovered ten dead bodies from the mud masses and the number of victims is likely to continue to rise. Around 300 people are missing, according to the rescuers on the spot, including many of the Mine workers. The helicopter circling over the area near the town of Brumadinho.
a bird’s eye view of the extent of the disaster becomes clear. The mud rolled on for miles over parts of the mine site and a residential area. They buried part of all the houses. Television images showed dramatic scenes: forces in a helicopter tried to rescue a woman and a man. The help-seekers were both completely covered with mud. The man stood up to the torso in the brown water and carried the woman in the direction of the Savior.
Other footage showed an excavator in the iron ore mine Córrego de Feijao, covered with mud, rocks and Branches. The avalanche pushed the tracks of freight containers for the iron ore railway.
The people are stunned in the face of destruction.
Ministry of the environment announces penalty to
The accident occurred in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil, near the regional capital of Belo Horizonte, one of the most important mining regions for iron ore in the world. President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted after a visit to the site of the accident: “We will do everything in our Power to help the Victims, to keep the damages to a minimum, to determine the facts to ensure justice and to prevent these tragedies for the Brazilians, and the environment in the future.”
the Ministry of The environment announced a penalty in the amount of 250 million Rais (58 million euros) against the Brazilian operator Vale. According to media reports, to the security of the group’s assets should be blocked over a billion Rais.
How it came exactly to the time of the accident was still unclear, said Vale President Fábio Schvartsman. According to the mining company, a German company, TÜV Süd had, only in September that the dams and reservoirs of the mine to be checked. The TUV have nothing to complained about.
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