After the dam break at an iron ore mine in Brazil, the police have detained two employees of the Munich-based company TÜV Süd. Meanwhile, 84 victims were confirmed, more to be feared.
“We can confirm at this time that two employees of TÜV Süd were arrested in Brazil,” said the company on Tuesday the news Agency DPA. Because of the ongoing investigation, no further information could be given. The investigation would be fully supported. The TÜV Süd had tested in the past year, the dams at the Mine.
in Addition, the police arrested three employees of the operator company Vale, such as the Prosecutor’s office announced. The mining group said that the company is cooperating with the authorities. The police searched also the office of Vale in Nova Lima business premises of an external service provider in São Paulo. The nationality of the detainees, remained open.
84 deaths
The dam at the Mine Córrego do Feijão, in the vicinity of Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais confirmed was broken on Friday. A mudslide rolled over parts of the plant and on neighboring settlements and was cutting a swath of destruction.
The number of confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to 84, as the civil defense announced. 276 other people were still missing. 42 bodies had been identified. “Unfortunately, it is very unlikely to find Survivors,” said a fire brigade spokesman for the TV channel Globo News.
In Rio de Janeiro, reminded protesters with an art performance to the victims of the accident, and levied serious allegations against Vale. Red-brown stained, people laid in front of the headquarters of the mining group in the district of Botafogo, and left their hand prints on a glass wall.
A black-cloaked woman appeared as a death, other demonstrators unveiled placards and described the walls with Slogans such as “It was no accident, it was a crime,” “murderers” and “justice for Brumadinho”.
hope of Survival fades
At the scene of the incident, the forces continued the Search and rescue work. In addition to firefighters and employees of the civil protection, approximately 130 soldiers from Israel were involved in the use. You recovered more Dead bodies from the mud masses. The last Survivors were found on Saturday morning.
The Director General of the International labour organization (ILO) called for in the light of the accident, a better health and safety in mines. “The tragedy reminds us of the importance of work functioning and health protection for miners,” said Guy Ryder.
Vale shares slumped course
Vale-President Fábio Schvartsman spoke of a “terrible tragedy”. The public Prosecutor’s office initiated an investigation to determine those responsible for the disaster.
the Ministry of The environment announced a penalty in the amount of the equivalent of 66 million Swiss francs (250 million Reais) against the group. Overall, the Brazilian justice blocked the assets of Vale in the total amount of 2.9 billion Swiss francs, in the financing of the cleanup and damage hedge replacement payments.
On the first day of trading after the disaster, the share price of Vale broke out on Monday was 24 percent. The mining company lost the equivalent of nearly 19 billion francs in market capitalisation. This was according to a report by the news portal G1, the heaviest loss that a company had to contend with in a single day in the Brazilian stock market.
Already in 2015, there were in the state of Minas Gerais, a similar misfortune. In the case of the “tragedy of Mariana” it came in a iron ore mine to a dam failure of a retention basin. At that time, 19 people were killed.
The former operating company Samarco was also part of the Vale, and the Australian-British group, HP. A huge wave of mud and harmful substances spilled into adjacent towns and contaminated the river Rio Doce to around 650 kilometers in length. In the Atlantic, the brown floss red broth. (chk/sda)
Created: 30.01.2019, 04:22 PM
