Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale announced that it has decided to temporarily halt operations at its Ferrous Resources’ Viga concentration plant due to an inconsistency in documents relating to the Jeceaba municipality’s operation permit.
The estimated impact of the temporary halting of operations at the plant will be approximately 330,000 mt of iron ore production per month. However, the operations at the Viga mine are not affected by this temporary suspension and will proceed as usual.
The company stated that Ferrous Resources fulfills all the requirements for the issuance of the operation permit and that it will resume its full operations when the documentation is regularized. Vale also said that the operation permit is not related to the safety of the dam or Ferrous Resources’ operations.