Water reservoir of Retiro Baixo Hydroelectric Power Plant, between the cities of Curvelo and Pompéu. Since Vale's dam in Brumadinho collapsed, the turbines in Retiro Baixo were shut down. The toxic mud may reach the power plant's reservoir.
On January 25th, a tailing dam from an iron ore mine from Vale, a Brazilian mining company, collapsed, flooding with almost 13 million m³ of toxic mud the district of Córrego do Feijão, in the city of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais state. Authorities search for survivors amongst the havoc.
This environmental crime takes place a little over three years after the dam collapse in the city of Mariana, also in Minas Gerais state, controlled by Vale and British-Australian BHP.