A court decision has paved the way for Vale to completely resume operations at its 30-million-tonnes-per-year Brucutu mine, in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
But the miner - the world's biggest iron ore producer - is maintaining its sales guidance for the steelmaking raw material despite this latest development, due to bad weather affecting production at its Northern System."The Minas Gerais Court of Justice president has decided to partially suspend the injunction of the court of Santa B??rbara made on March 22 [...] specifically in regard to the ruling on the immediate interruption of any activity that could lead to an increase in the risk of rupture of the tailing structures located at the...