Ngomhla wesi-9 kweyoMqungu, iVallourec, inkampani yemibhobho yentsimbi yaseFransi, yathi idama leengcamba zeprojekthi yayo yesinyithi iPau Branco kwilizwe laseBrazil iMinas Gerais lizele ngamanzi laza lanqumla unxibelelwano phakathi kweRio de Janeiro neBrazil. Izithuthi kwindlela enkulu iBR-040 eBelo Horizonte, iNational Agency for Mines (ANM) yaseBrazil yayalela ukuba kumiswe imisebenzi yale projekthi.
Kubikwa ukuba le ngozi yenzeke nge-8 kaJanuwari. Iimvula ezinkulu eMinas Gerais, eBrazil kwiintsuku zakutshanje, zibangele ukuba iprojekti yesinyithi yaseVallourec idilike, kwaye udaka oluninzi lwangena kwindlela yeBR-040, eyavalwa ngoko nangoko.
IVallourec ikhuphe ingxelo ethi: “Le nkampani inxibelelana kwaye isebenzisana ngokukhutheleyo neearhente kunye nabasemagunyeni abafanelekileyo ukunciphisa impembelelo nokubuyela kwiimeko eziqhelekileyo ngokukhawuleza.” Ukongeza, inkampani ithe akukho ngxaki zesakhiwo sedama.
Imveliso yonyaka yeprojekthi yentsimbi yeVallourec Pau Blanco imalunga neetoni ezi-6 zezigidi. IVallourec Mineraçäo ibiphuhlisa kwaye ivelisa intsimbi yesinyithi kwimigodi yasePaublanco ukususela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980. Kubikwa ukuba umthamo ocetyiweyo we-hematite concentrator owakhiwa okokuqala kwiprojekthi yi-3.2 yezigidi zeetoni ngonyaka.
Kubikwa ukuba iprojekthi yesinyithi iVallourec Pau Blanco ikwidolophu yaseBrumadinho, kwiikhilomitha ezingama-30 ukusuka eBelo Horizonte, kwaye inendawo entle kakhulu yokumba.