UVale umemezele ngoMashi 16 ukuthi inkampani isiqale kancane kancane ukusebenza kwefektri yokuhlunga ama-tailings endaweni yokusebenza ehlanganisiwe yaseDa Varjen.Lesi isitshalo sokuqala sokuhlunga i-tailings esihlelelwe ukuvulwa yi-Vale eMinas Gerais.Ngokwalolu hlelo, i-Vale izotshala isamba sezigidigidi ezingama-US $ 2.3 ekwakhiweni kwendawo yokuhluza ama-tailings phakathi kuka-2020 no-2024.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemboni yokuhluza izinsalela akukwazi nje ukunciphisa ukuncika edamini, kodwa futhi kuthuthukise izinga eliphakathi lephothifoliyo yomkhiqizo we-Vale ngokusebenzisa imisebenzi yokuhlomula okumanzi.Ngemva kokuba insimbi yensimbi isihlungiwe, okuqukethwe kwamanzi kungancishiswa kube kuncane, futhi izinto eziningi ezisezinsaleni zizogcinwa zisesimweni esiqinile, ngaleyo ndlela kuncishiswe ukuncika edamini.U-Vale uthe inkampani ihlela ukuvula isitshalo sokuqala sokuhlunga endaweni yokusebenza edidiyelwe ye-Itabira ngo-2021, kanye nendawo yesibili yokuhlunga endaweni yokusebenza edidiyelwe ye-Itabira kanye nendawo yokuqala yokuhlunga endaweni yezimayini zaseBrucutu ngo-2022. Izitshalo ezine zokuhlunga izinsimbi ezine. izohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zenani lezinsimbi zensimbi ezinamandla okukhiqiza amathani ayizigidi ezingama-64 ngonyaka.
U-Vale umemezele ku-"2020 Production and Sales Report" ekhishwe ngoFebhuwari 3, 2021 ukuthi engxenyeni yesithathu ka-2021, njengoba kuqaliswa idamu lemayini ye-Miracle No. 3, inkampani izophinde ibuyisele amathani ayizigidi ezingu-4 amandla okukhiqiza.Isesigabeni sokugcina sokwakhiwa.Izinsalela ezilahlwe edamini leSimangaliso No. 3 zizobalelwa cishe amaphesenti angama-30 azo zonke izinsalela ezikhiqizwa ngesikhathi sokusebenza.Ukuvulwa kwendawo yokuhluza ama-tailings endaweni yokusebenza ebanzi yase-Davarren kungenye inqubekelaphambili ebalulekile u-Vale aseyenzile ekusimamiseni ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi kanye nokubuyisela umthamo wayo wokukhiqiza wonyaka wamathani ayizigidi ezingama-400 ekupheleni kuka-2022.