GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale Minas Gerais dam loses stability rating

Emergency protocol at Taquaras dam

Ngaire McDiarmid
 Brazil-based miner Vale did not change recently-revised 2020 iron ore production guidance

Brazil-based miner Vale did not change recently-revised 2020 iron ore production guidance

The company said last week the dam had been issued a stability condition statement (DCE) on March 31, however, after an "anomaly" was identified during a routine inspection of the dam's upstream slope,...

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