A court in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, has prohibited Vale from using eight tailings dams on February 4, with Brucutu being the most-affected operation. Annual output could fall by as much as 30 million tonnes because of the restriction.
This adds to a production cut of 40 million tonnes per year, while the miner decided to decommission ten dams that operate through the upstream method, which is considered riskier. The...
