Ma Ianuali 9, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vallourec, kahi hui paipu kila Farani, ua piha ka pā wai o kāna papahana hao hao Pau Branco ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Minas Gerais o Brazil a ua ʻoki i ka pilina ma waena o Rio de Janeiro a me Brazil. ʻO ke kaʻa ma ke alaloa nui ʻo BR-040 ma Belo Horizonte, ua kauoha ka National Agency for Mines (ANM) o Brazil i ka hoʻōki ʻana i nā hana o ka papahana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hana ʻia ka ulia ma Ianuali 8. ʻO ka ua nui ma Minas Gerais, Brazil i nā lā i hala iho nei, ua hoʻoulu i ka hiolo ʻana o ka pā o ka papahana hao hao o Vallourec, a ua komo ka nui o ka lepo i ke alanui BR-040, a ua ālai koke ʻia.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Vallourec i kahi ʻōlelo: "Ke kamaʻilio ikaika nei ka ʻoihana a ke hana pū nei me nā keʻena a me nā luna kūpono e hōʻemi i ka hopena a hoʻi i nā kūlana maʻamau i ka hikiwawe loa." Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ʻaʻohe pilikia kūkulu me ka pā.
ʻO ka hana makahiki o ka papahana hao hao ʻo Vallourec Pau Blanco ma kahi o 6 miliona tone. Ua hoʻomohala a hana ʻo Vallourec Mineraçäo i ka hao hao ma ka lua ʻeli ʻo Paublanco mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki 1980. Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka mana i hoʻolālā ʻia o ka mea hoʻohui hematite i kūkulu mua ʻia ma ka papahana he 3.2 miliona tone/makahiki.
Ua hōʻike ʻia aia ka papahana hao hao ʻo Vallourec Pau Blanco ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Brumadinho, he 30 kilomita ka mamao mai Belo Horizonte, a he wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana eli ʻana.