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Pellet production resumes at Vargem Grande

22nd January 2021

By: Mariaan Webb

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

     

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Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale has resumed production at the pelletising plant in Vargem Grande, two years after production were halted in a crackdown by authorities following a fatal dam break.

Vargem Grande will produce between four-million and five-million tonnes this year, Vale said on Thursday, noting that the plant has capacity to produce seven-million tonnes a year.

Production was halted in February 2021, when authorities ordered Vale to suspend activity at the Vargem Grande and Fabrica complexes in light of possible failure of dams at mining sites in Minas Gerais.

In January that year, the Brumadinho dam at the Corrego do Feijao dam failed, killing about 300 people.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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