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Feijão Mine
The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a dam failure, catastrophic failure. The dam, located east of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is owned by the mining company Vale (company), Vale, which was also involved in the Mariana dam disaster of 2015. The collapse of the dam released a mudflow that engulfed the mine's headquarters, including a cafeteria during lunchtime, along with houses, farms, inns, and roads downstream. 270 people died as a result of the collapse, of whom 259 were officially confirmed dead, in January 2019, and 11 others were reported as missing. As of January 2022, six people were still missing. Background The Córrego do Feijão tailings dam, built in 1976 by and acquired by the iron ore mining corporation Vale S.A. in 2001, was classified as a small structure with low risk of high potential damage, according to the registry of the National Mining Agency. In a statement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brumadinho
Brumadinho () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Brumadinho is at an altitude of 880 m. In 2020 the population was 40,666. The municipality is on the Paraopeba River. The Inhotim Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the most important art venues of Brazil, is in the city. The municipality contains part of the Serra do Rola-Moça State Park, created in 1994. History Brumadinho was settled in 1689. The Banda São Sebastião Musical Corporation, a symphonic band, was founded on May 13, 1929, by Tarcilio Gomes da Costa in Brumadinho. The municipality of Brumadinho itself was officially established on December 17, 1938. On January 25, 2019, the city was the victim of a tailings dam collapse that killed 270 people. The disaster released a mudflow that advanced over houses in a rural area near the city. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
