Ma ka lā 9 o Ianuali, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vallourec, he hui paipu kila Farani, ua kahe ka wai huelo o kāna papahana hao ʻo Pau Branco ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Brazil o Minas Gerais a ua ʻoki i ka pilina ma waena o Rio de Janeiro a me Brazil.ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa ma ke ala nui BR-040 ma Belo Horizonte, ua kauoha ka National Agency for Mines (ANM) o Brazil i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā hana o ka papahana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ua loaʻa ka pōʻino ma Ianuali 8. ʻO ka ua nui ma Minas Gerais, Brazil i nā lā i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka pā o ka pāhana hao o Vallourec, a ua komo ka nui o ka lepo i ke alanui BR-040, a ua pāpā koke ʻia. ..
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Vallourec i kahi ʻōlelo: "Ke kamaʻilio ikaika nei ka ʻoihana a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā ʻoihana kūpono a me nā mana e hōʻemi i ka hopena a hoʻi i nā kūlana maʻamau i ka hiki."Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ka hui ʻaʻohe pilikia o ke kūkulu ʻana me ka dam.
ʻO ka hoʻopuka makahiki o ka pāhana hao hao ʻo Vallourec Pau Blanco ma kahi o 6 miliona mau tona.Ua hoʻomohala a hana ʻo Vallourec Mineraçäo i ka hao hao ma ka mine Paublanco mai ka makahiki 1980.Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka mana i hoʻolālā ʻia o ka concentrator hematite i kūkulu mua ʻia ma ka papahana he 3.2 miliona mau tons / makahiki.
Ua hōʻike ʻia aia ka pāhana hao hao ʻo Vallourec Pau Blanco ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Brumadinho, 30 mau kilomita mai Belo Horizonte, a he wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka eli.