Kubikwe nguLuka 2020-3-9

I-Vale, umvukuzi waseBrazil, unqume ukuyeka ukumba imayini yensimbi yaseFazendao esifundazweni saseMinas Gerais ngemuva kokuphelelwa yizinsiza ezilayisensi zokuqhubeka nokumba endaweni. Imayini yaseFazendao iyingxenye yesitshalo saseMariana esiseningizimu-mpumalanga yeVale, esakhiqiza amathani ayizigidi ezingu-11.296 ensimbi ngo-2019, okwehle ngamaphesenti angu-57.6 kusukela ngo-2018. Abahlanganyeli bemakethe bacabanga ukuthi imayini, eyingxenye yesitshalo saseMariana, inomthamo waminyaka yonke ongaba amathani ayisigidi kuya kwangu-2 million.

I-Vale ithe izofuna ukwandisa izimayini ezintsha ezingakanikwa amalayisense futhi isabalalise kabusha abasebenzi bezimayini ngokwezidingo zokusebenza. Kodwa isicelo semvume yokwandisa se-Vale senqatshwa yiziphathimandla zendawo eCatas Altas ngasekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, kusho abahlanganyeli bemakethe.

UVale uthe maduze nje uzobamba ingqungquthela yomphakathi ukuze kwethulwe iphrojekthi yokwandisa imisebenzi kwezinye izimayini ezingakanikwa amalayisense.

Omunye umhwebi waseShayina uthe ukuthengiswa okubuthakathaka esitshalweni saseMariana kubangele ukuthi i-vale ihambise ukuthunyelwa kwezinye izimayini, ngakho-ke ukuvalwa kwale mishini cishe ngeke kube nomthelela omkhulu.

Omunye umhwebi waseShayina uthe: “Indawo yemayini kungenzeka ukuthi ivaliwe isikhathi esithile futhi izindawo ezigciniwe zaseMalaysia zingasebenza njengesivikelo kuze kube yilapho sibona noma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka kokuthunyelwa kwe-BRBF.”

Kusukela mhla zingama-24 kuNhlolanja kuya ku-1 kuNdasa, ichweba laseTubarao eningizimu yeBrazil lithumele ngaphandle amathani angaba yizigidi eziyi-1.61 ensimbi, okuyinani eliphakeme kakhulu lokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe masonto onke kuze kube manje ngo-2020, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esingcono semvula, ngokusho kwedatha yokuthumela kwamanye amazwe ebonwe yizinkampani zokukhiqiza.