Brazil's Vale evacuates 500 people from dam area in preventive measure
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s Vale SA has evacuated around 500 people from a dam area in the Gongo Soco mine in the state of Minas Gerais as a preventive measure, the mining company said in a statement on Friday.
The evacuation follows a mandate from the Brazilian mining agency and comes after consultancy firm Walm denied the issuance of a stability statement for the dam.
Reporting by Marta Nogueira; writing by Carolina Mandl; editing by Jason Neely
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