A Brazilian authority has rejected Samarco’s environmental recovery plan, labeling it as “generic” and “superficial”, said Ibama, Brazil’s environment authority.
Samarco’s rejected plan was presented a few months after a deadly iron ore waste dam burst occurred in November in the city of Mariana, killing 17 people and destroying much of the Doce River’s ecosystem.
Ibama said both Vale and Samarco have not presented concrete goals or deadlines for the actions the two companies have proposed. Samarco was notified by Ibama to present a new environmental recovery plan by February 17.
Earlier this week, a new spill at the Samarco complex was reported. Samarco said recent rains caused the incident earlier this week, however, the spill didn’t include residues from the mining complex and didn’t reach the rivers in the area.