A ranar 9 ga watan Janairu, Vallourec, wani kamfanin bututun karafa na kasar Faransa, ya bayyana cewa madatsar ruwan wutsiya na aikin ta na Pau Branco a jihar Minas Gerais na kasar Brazil ya cika ya kuma katse alaka tsakanin Rio de Janeiro da Brazil.Masu zirga-zirga a babbar hanyar BR-040 a Belo Horizonte, Hukumar Kula da Ma'adanai ta Brazil (ANM) ta ba da umarnin dakatar da ayyukan aikin.
An bayyana cewa, hatsarin ya afku ne a ranar 8 ga watan Janairu, ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya a garin Minas Gerais na kasar Brazil a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, ya yi sanadin zaftarewar aikin ma'adinan karfe na Vallourec, kuma laka mai yawa ta mamaye hanyar BR-040, inda nan take aka tare hanyar. ..
Vallourec ya fitar da wata sanarwa: "Kamfanin yana sadarwa sosai tare da yin aiki tare da hukumomi da hukumomi masu dacewa don rage tasirin da kuma komawa ga yanayin al'ada da wuri-wuri."Bugu da kari, kamfanin ya ce babu wata matsala ta tsarin da madatsar ruwan.
Abubuwan da ake fitarwa na shekara-shekara na aikin ma'adinin ƙarfe na Vallourec Pau Blanco kusan tan miliyan 6 ne.Vallourec Mineraçäo yana haɓaka da samar da ƙarfe a ma'adinan Paublanco tun farkon 1980s.An ba da rahoton cewa ƙarfin da aka tsara na hematite concentrator da aka fara ginawa a cikin aikin shine tan miliyan 3.2 / shekara.
An ba da rahoton cewa, aikin ma'adinan na Vallourec Pau Blanco yana cikin garin Brumadinho, mai tazarar kilomita 30 daga Belo Horizonte, kuma yana da wurin haƙar ma'adinai mafi girma.