Vale allowed to resume operations in 30 mln-tpy iron ore mine

摘要

A court in Brazil’s southeastern Minas Gerais state has authorizedminer Vale to resume operations at its Laranjeiras tailings dam,connected to the Brucutu iron ore mine, which has capacity for 30million tonnes per year.The court in Belo Horizonte, which is the Minas Gerais statecapital, also ordered the state’s environmental agency, Semad, tocomply with the decision that allows activities at the mine, Valereported on Tuesday March 19.