{"id":1170383,"date":"2020-03-09T07:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1016507"},"modified":"2020-03-09T07:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:53:59","slug":"vale-watching-gongo-soco-mine-as-wall-continues-to-erode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1170383","title":{"rendered":"Vale watching Gongo Soco mine as wall continues to erode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil\u2019s Vale (NYSE:VALE) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vale.com\/EN\/investors\/information-market\/Press-Releases\/Pages\/Vale-informs-on-slope-of-the-Gongo-Soco-mine.aspx\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said on Monday<\/a> it was closely monitoring its Gongo Soco mine, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais,\u00a0as an embankment at the facility continues to erode, following heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The world\u2019s No. 1 iron ore producer said the northern slope at the mine, halted since 2016, continues to slide into the structure, a process that has been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wall-vales-gongo-soco-pit-begins-gradual-slide-dam-holds-intact\/\" >taking place gradually over the past year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Vale seeks to prevent any impact the erosion could have on the nearby Sul Superior dam, which remains at Level 3 watch \u2014 indicating a dam burst is \u201cimminent or underway\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Rio de Janeiro-based miner said it was watching for any impact the erosion could have on the Sul Superior mining waste dam about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) from the slope area. This structure remains at Level 3 watch, the most critical level that indicates a dam burst is \u201cimminent or underway\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The pit and the dam are remotely monitored 24 hours a day, using radar and a robotic station capable of detecting millimetric movements, as well as by drone surveillance and by the Geotechnical Monitoring Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Vale\u2019s securities filing comes 15 months after the collapse of a tailings dam at its <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com\/tragic-deja-vu-vales-dam-break-leaves-dozens-of-brazilians-under-mud\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">C\u00f3rrego do Feij\u00e3o mine<\/a> in the town of Brumadinho, also in the state of Minas Gerais, which killed more than 250 people in one of the world\u2019s worst mining disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The miner seeks to prevent any impact the erosion could have on the nearby Sul Superior dam, which remains at highest safety alert 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