Vale expects to fully resume Brucutu ops in 72 hours following judicial ruling

June 20, 2019 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Vale expects to resume production through wet processing at its Brucutu mine in 72 hours, following a decision from the country's Superior Court of Justice that nullified a previous ruling impeding the use of a tailings dam, it said on Wednesday June 19.

Capacity at the unit is around 30 million tonnes per year of iron ore, which was halted following an accident at another mine, C??rrego do Feij??o, on January 25.Amid restrictions on Brucutu's Laranjeiras dam, the site was producing just under 10 million tpy through dry processing.Vale...

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