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Samarco Mining Should Resume Operations By The End Of This Year. The Company Received Approval To Resume Operations Last Year
The Samarco mining company is set to resume operations at the end of this year, nearly five years after the rupture of the Fundão dam in Bento Rodrigues in November 2015. The incident, considered the largest environmental disaster in Brazil, released a wave of sludge and mining waste that killed 19 people, destroyed homes, and polluted hundreds of kilometers of rivers up to the coast. With repairs and compensation still ongoing, the joint venture of BHP and Vale is preparing to resume operations by the end of this year.
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The forecast for operations will remain until the end of this year and will be carried out after the implementation of the tailings filtration system and the completion of the business preparation activities.
The company highlighted in a statement that the restoration will first be carried out at the integrated plant in the Germano Complex in Mariana, central Minas Gerais region, and at the pelletizing plant in Ubu, Espírito Santo, and it will be done gradually.
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“For the resumption of operations, Samarco is implementing a tailings filtration system that will allow for the dry stacking of 80% of the tailings to be generated in the production process. The remaining 20% will be disposed of in the Alegria Sul Pit, a structure of natural rock formation that allows for the natural containment of the tailings in a safer manner. All water extracted during filtration will be recycled in the production process, making it more sustainable, supported by good sustainability practices.”
The mining company had its operations halted at the time of the rupture, and the following year, the Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais (TJMG) suspended all operating licenses. Subsequently, the National Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development (Semad) determined the corrective operating licenses for all buildings in the complex.
Last year, Samarco received approval to resume operations. At that time, the mining company informed that it not only had all the environmental licenses for the restart of operations but also expected to resume activities using new technologies for tailings stacking.
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