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International Railroad Discussion > Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapseDate: 05/21/19 09:26 Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: pedrop Hi, since Sunday night, all trains of Vale mining and VLI that run in the tracks that connects Vale system to Belo Horizonte city were ceased due to the iminence of Gongo Soco mine collapse and destroy a viaduct over the pit and also the mud dam nearby. Almost all trains ceased in my area due to this problem. No solution for now. Maybe they will be routed to São Paulo corridor to use Santos port. It will be a big trouble for Vale and VLI.
If the dam collapses, Barão de Cocais town can be destroyed. Vale is moving 500 thousand tons of granite blocks to build a containment to the mud in of case the dam collapses. The enviroment will suffer anothe big damage in Minas Gerais state. It is a tragedy annouced since a long time now becoming a sad reallity. Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/19 10:12 by pedrop. Date: 05/21/19 09:33 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: pedrop The Gongo Soco mine seen from the passenger train.
https://youtu.be/woaOH7E4sh4 Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 05/21/19 10:12 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: pedrop A pic of mine taken from the passenger train. Note an ore train in the trim of the huge pit.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/19 11:23 by pedrop.  Date: 05/21/19 11:24 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: pedrop This pic is from the news here. It says that the mine will collapse until next Sunday.
Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/19 11:25 by pedrop.  Date: 05/21/19 16:22 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: DKay thanks for the photos Pedro.That is one huge hole in the ground.
Regards,DK Date: 05/23/19 12:24 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: norm1153 Is there any current news on the possible dam failure? Perhaps they are waiting for Sunday, as you wrote.
Thanks, Norm Date: 05/23/19 14:15 Re: Another Vale mining dam in the iminence of collapse Author: pedrop Hi, the news say the crack in mine wall is opening 10 cm a day. So, they imagine that it will fall soon.
norm1153 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there any current news on the possible dam > failure? Perhaps they are waiting for Sunday, as > you wrote. > Thanks, Norm > Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 |