{"id":1185528,"date":"2020-05-20T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T19:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1024480"},"modified":"2020-05-20T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T19:42:26","slug":"justice-revokes-brumadinho-decree-that-prevented-vale-from-operating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1185528","title":{"rendered":"Justice revokes Brumadinho decree that prevented Vale from operating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Minas Gerais state court in Brazil has revoked a decree from Brumadinho municipality that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"suspended Vale\u2019s operating license (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/vale-operating-license-suspended-in-brumadinho\/\" >suspended Vale\u2019s operating license<\/a> after health agents said that the company\u2019s onsite activities have \u201cnot respected the rules of social isolation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='ad-slot' id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {    googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');    googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function (event) {        if (event.isEmpty) {            var id = event.slot.getSlotElementId();            var x = document.getElementById(id);            if(x == null) return;            if (x.parentElement.classList.contains('ad-slot')) {                x.parentElement.style.display = 'none';            }\t\t\t\t        }    });});<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Brumadinho\u2019s mayor Avimar de Melo Barcelos had also ordered the suspension of activities of Vale\u2019s contractors and halted works to repair the C\u00f3rrego do Feij\u00e3o mine\u2019s\u00a0tailings dam,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/internal-report-confirms-vale-knew-brumadinho-dam-was-unsafe\/\" >that collapsed last year, killing 270 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Vale argued that the decree was issued to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, but had the main purpose of serving as retaliation for non-payment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/vale-to-pay-106-5m-to-workers-affected-by-brazil-dam-disaster\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"emergency aid to the entire population of the city (opens in a new tab)\">emergency aid to the entire population of the city<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Protest <\/h2>\n<p>Residents protested Wednesday morning in Brumadinho and blocked one of the city&#8217;s entrances.<\/p>\n<p>According to residents, only part of the population is receiving the emergency aid promised by Vale.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/protesto.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/protesto.jpeg 984w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/protesto-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/protesto-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><figcaption> Protest in Brumadinho on Wednesday \u2014 Image: Claudimar Oliveira <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vale said in a press release that the court decision allows the company to continue executing the works to repair and compensate the affected population.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the scenario of coping with the covid-19 pandemic, the company reaffirms its commitment to maintaining the adoption of the recommendations of health authorities to combat the contagion of the coronavirus,&#8221; Vale said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities suspended Vale&rsquo;s operating license after agents said that the company&rsquo;s onsite activities have &ldquo;not respected the rules of social isolation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,2640],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1185528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185552,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185528\/revisions\/1185552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1185528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1185528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1185528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}