I te 9 o Hānuere, i kī a Vallourec, he kamupene paipa rino Wīwī, i waipuke te tāke para o tana kaupapa rino Pau Branco i te kawanatanga o Minas Gerais o Brazil, ā, i motuhia te hononga i waenga i a Rio de Janeiro me Brazil. Nā te waka i runga i te huarahi matua BR-040 i Belo Horizonte, i whakahau te Tari Maina ā-Motu o Brazil (ANM) kia whakamutua ngā mahi o te kaupapa.
E ai ki ngā pūrongo i puta te aituā i te 8 o Hānuere. Nā te ua nui i Minas Gerais, Brazil i ngā rā tata nei, i horo te pareparenga o te kaupapa rino a Vallourec, ā, i uru te nui o te paru ki te huarahi BR-040, ā, i āraia tonutia.
I whakaputa a Vallourec i tētahi kōrero: "Kei te kaha te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero me te mahi tahi a te kamupene me ngā tari me ngā mana whakahaere whai mana ki te whakaiti i te pānga me te hoki ki ngā āhuatanga noa i te wā e taea ai." Hei tāpiri, i kī te kamupene kāore he raruraru hanganga o te tāhuna.
Ko te putanga ā-tau o te kaupapa rino Vallourec Pau Blanco e tata ana ki te 6 miriona tana. Kua whakawhanake, kua whakaputa hoki a Vallourec Mineraçäo i te rino i te maina Paublanco mai i te tīmatanga o te tekau tau atu i 1980. E ai ki ngā pūrongo ko te kaha i hangaia mō te matū hematite i hangaia tuatahitia i roto i te kaupapa he 3.2 miriona tana/tau.
E ai ki ngā pūrongo kei te tāone o Brumadinho te kaupapa keri rino o Vallourec Pau Blanco, 30 kiromita te tawhiti atu i Belo Horizonte, ā, he wāhi keri pai rawa atu tōna.