A ranar 9 ga Janairu, Vallourec, wani kamfanin bututun ƙarfe na Faransa, ya ce madatsar ruwa ta tailings na aikin ma'adinan ƙarfe na Pau Branco a jihar Minas Gerais ta Brazil ta cika ta kuma ta katse hanyar da ke tsakanin Rio de Janeiro da Brazil. Cinkoson ababen hawa a babban babbar hanyar BR-040 a Belo Horizonte, Hukumar Kula da Ma'adanai ta Brazil (ANM) ta ba da umarnin dakatar da ayyukan aikin.
An ruwaito cewa hatsarin ya faru ne a ranar 8 ga Janairu. Ruwan sama mai ƙarfi a Minas Gerais, Brazil a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, ya sa ginin aikin ƙarfe na Vallourec ya zaftare, kuma laka mai yawa ta mamaye hanyar BR-040, wadda nan take ta toshe.
Vallourec ta fitar da wata sanarwa: "Kamfanin yana aiki tukuru wajen sadarwa da kuma yin aiki tare da hukumomi da hukumomi masu cancanta don rage tasirin da kuma komawa ga yanayin da ya dace da wuri-wuri." Bugu da ƙari, kamfanin ya ce babu wata matsala a tsarin madatsar ruwan.
Yawan man da ake fitarwa kowace shekara daga aikin ma'adinan ƙarfe na Vallourec Pau Blanco ya kai tan miliyan 6. Vallourec Mineraçäo yana haɓakawa da samar da ma'adinan ƙarfe a ma'adinan Paublanco tun farkon shekarun 1980. An ruwaito cewa ƙarfin da aka tsara na mai tattara hematite da aka fara ginawa a cikin aikin shine tan miliyan 3.2 a kowace shekara.
An ruwaito cewa aikin ma'adinan ƙarfe na Vallourec Pau Blanco yana cikin garin Brumadinho, mai nisan kilomita 30 daga Belo Horizonte, kuma yana da kyakkyawan wurin haƙar ma'adinai.