Brazil state authority defends licensing Anglo American facility expansion
A Brazilian state environmental authority on Thursday defended granting a licence to miner Anglo American to expand an iron-ore facility, including a mining waste dam, following a lawsuit by public prosecutors seeking to block the project.
Minas Gerais, a major mining state, passed a law instituting new safety measures for miners last year following the collapse of a tailings dam at a Vale mine that killed more than 270 people.