Brazil's Vale is warning of a 12.8-million-tonnes-per-year impact on its iron ore production as a result of the suspension of operations at its Timbopeba mine in Ouro Preto city, in the country's Minas Gerais state, following a civil court decision.
The miner said that the court - within the scope of a public civil action filed by Minas Gerais' public prosecution office - had instructed it to refrain from any act related to building, operating, heightening or using the Doutor dam as well as operating other structures of the Timbopeba mine, among other measures."The decision was based on notification received by the [public prosecution office] containing preliminary information on the...