At least 248 people were killed as in the January of the dam at the Mine Córrego do Feijão gave in. The dead can make alive. But the operator of the Mine will have to pay.
Firefighters in the devastated area in Brumadinho in February
Five and a half months after the devastating dam break in an iron ore mine in Brazil, the mining group Vale has been convicted for the first time to redress. The company must fix all of the damage, was ordered by a judge in the state of Minas Gerais. An exact sum he did not specify, however, how the news portal G1 from Brazil, is reported. However, the judge noted that victims of the damage in addition to the many death also negative consequences for the environment and the local economy included.
Billion blocked
For compensation payments, the judiciary had already blocked assets of Vale in the amount of the equivalent of 2.5 billion euros. This action was expressly maintained.
The dam at the Mine Córrego do Feijão was on 25. January broken. A mudslide rolled through parts of the facility and adjacent settlements near the town of Brumadinho and buried people, houses and animals among themselves. At least 248 people were killed in the accident were killed, 22 others are still missing. Shortly before the accident, employees of the Brazilian subsidiary of TÜV Süd had examined the retention basin and found to be safe.
Construction equipment and houses buried in the mud under
Vale stated that the court had accepted his “cooperation” during the procedure. The group intends to pay “promptly and equitably” for the payment of the damage caused by the disaster.
ml/AR (dpa, afp)