{"id":33377,"date":"2021-08-05T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccbc.org.br\/publicacoes\/uncategorized\/seguranca-nas-barragens\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:57:14","slug":"dam-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccbc.org.br\/en\/publicacoes\/news-ccbc\/dam-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Event promoted by the CCBC Mining Committee discusses the impacts of legislation dealing with the issue<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/em>By S\u00e9rgio Siscaro<\/p>\n

Sanctioned by the federal government in October 2020, law 14.066\/2020 established the National Dam Safety Policy (PNSB), through which a series of rules were established in order to prevent the occurrence of accidents such as, in Mariana (2015) and Brumadinho (2019), both in Minas Gerais. However, the speed of the legislative process – which sought to provide a quick response to society after the occurrence of the two tragedies, and already in 2019 was discussing the issue through bill 550\/2019 – would have prevented the matter from being the object of mature reflection, and that the mining companies involved could contribute to the drafting of the law.<\/p>\n

In order to discuss the matter, the Mining Committeeof the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CCBC) promoted on July 15 the virtual seminar Safety of dams: regulatory, financial, environmental and land tenure effects<\/em>. The initiative brought together a group of experts who have been following the development of the dam safety issue: Vale’s legal manager, Solange Costa; the director of the National Mining Agency (ANM), Tasso Mendon\u00e7a; the secretary of Partnerships in Energy, Oil, Gas and Mining at the Ministry of Economy, Frederico Machado; the vice president of the legal area of Kinross, Maria da Gra\u00e7a Montalv\u00e3o; and the legal director of Lundin Mining, Luciano Santos. Canadian experience in the area was also present in the webinar, through the participation of the trade commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Belo Horizonte (MG), Franz Brandenberger.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrazil has a very large mining potential to be explored. We need to turn this into practice; make this vocation efficient, productive, and make new mines viable \u2013 so that we can generate more jobs and contribute to the socioeconomic development of our country and to people’s quality of life\u201d, said the coordinator of the Mining Committee , Wilson Ant\u00f4nio Borges, who mediated the debates of the webinar. According to him, a positive sign in this regard has been the government’s progress in promoting public offers of areas for mining, which would enable the discovery of new mineral deposits.<\/p>\n

The Canadian experience<\/h2>\n

Recalling that his country also has this mineral vocation, consul Brandenberger highlighted that in Canada, the sector’s priority is the safety of people, followed by the need to comply with existing legislation. \u201cWe cannot ignore the responsibility of miners, in preserving the environment, in relations with local communities. In this sense, The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) works daily with Canadian mining companies, seeking to increase the safety of our dams and the preservation of the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

MAC has been working in partnership with the Brazilian Mining Institute (Ibram) since 2019, with the aim of implementing sustainability principles in the Brazilian mineral sector, he explained. \u201cWe have in Canada, since 2019, an ombudsperson, who monitors extractive companies operating in the country, ensuring that they always operate with total social, environmental and corporate responsibility. These points are equally relevant in Canadian mineral operations in other countries, such as in Brazil\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Brandenberger recalled that there are about 30 Canadian mining companies active in Brazilian territory, operating mainly in the extraction of gold, vanadium, rare earths, nickel, lithium, and potassium. In addition to them, there are also engineering companies that work on decommissioning mineral dams, reinforcing their structures, recovering degraded areas, and implementing technologies and solutions that increase the efficiency, safety and profitability of mineral operations.<\/p>\n

Changes to the new law<\/h2>\n

The new legislation brought a series of changes with respect to the previous rules. One of them was the need for companies to pay an environmental deposit insurance, in order to guarantee coverage for any accidents involving the dams. The use of upstream dams was also prohibited \u2013 that is, those built by placing successive layers of mineral tailings; Mining companies have until February 2022 to stop using these dams. Two risk areas were also defined in the vicinity of the dams (the self-rescue zone, or ZAS, and the secondary safety zone, or ZSS). Fines for non-compliance with the new provisions can reach up to R$ 1 billion.<\/p>\n

Montalv\u00e3o called the attention to the obligation to pay the deposit insurance (determined by article 17, item XXII, paragraph 2) for “repair of damage to human life, the environment and public property” by the mining companies did not undergo an adequate process of discussion. \u201cThe law must be regulated in a way that meets the requirements of feasibility and effectiveness. This provision allows the supervisory body to demand from the entrepreneurs the presentation of a guarantee, surety bond or financial guarantee that may cover the need for possible coverage for damages. The issue received special attention during the bill’s processing; however, I have the impression that, given the short period of time these discussions took place, they did not have the necessary depth or the involvement of all the actors\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Another issue raised during the webinar was the difficulty in obtaining environmental licenses for mining projects – and the exclusion of the activity in the National Environmental Licensing Law, which aims to harmonize state legislation dealing with the matter and which was approved in May in the Chamber of Deputies, awaiting a vote in the Senate. \u201cThere is a fear, after accidents, of granting licenses \u2013 even if they are works to reinforce the dams. The decision to exclude mining was taken without the sector being heard, which creates legal uncertainty for investors,” said Borges – who, in addition to the CCBC Mining Commission, also chairs the Federation’s Sectorial Mining Chamber (Casmin) of the Industries of the State of Goi\u00e1s (Fieg) and is responsible for the institutional relations area of \u200b\u200bLundin Mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Parceria apoiar\u00e1 empresas que integram o Projeto Brasil Sweets and Snacks a alcan\u00e7arem o mercado canadense, com abertura de oportunidades e rodadas de neg\u00f3cios<\/em><\/h2>\r\nPor Estela Cangerana\r\n\r\nO Canad\u00e1 j\u00e1 estava na mira das ind\u00fastrias brasileiras de chocolates, amendoins, balas e snacks, mas agora a conquista desse mercado ganhou um grande facilitador. A associa\u00e7\u00e3o representante do setor, a Abicab, em conjunto com a Ag\u00eancia Brasileira de Promo\u00e7\u00e3o de Exporta\u00e7\u00f5es e Investimentos (ApexBrasil), por meio do Projeto Brasil Sweets and Snacks<\/em>, acabam de fechar uma parceria com a CCBC para apoiar as a\u00e7\u00f5es de abertura do Canad\u00e1 para os produtos Made in Brazil<\/em>.\r\n\r\nO acordo prev\u00ea uma s\u00e9rie de a\u00e7\u00f5es, entre webinars de apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o de oportunidades e detalhamento do potencial de mercado, reuni\u00f5es preparat\u00f3rias e rodadas de neg\u00f3cio com compradores canadenses. As iniciativas j\u00e1 come\u00e7aram a acontecer e devem culminar com a participa\u00e7\u00e3o das empresas brasileiras do setor na segunda edi\u00e7\u00e3o do \u00a0<\/a>, entre os dias 7 e 10 de setembro deste ano.\r\n\r\nSegundo o presidente da Abicab, Ubiracy Fons\u00eaca, a parceria fortalece o trabalho do Projeto Brasil Sweets and Snacks<\/em>, que tem o Canad\u00e1 como alvo, devido a seu alto potencial. \u201cEntre 2018 e 2020, o setor apresentou crescimento de 158% em valor nas exporta\u00e7\u00f5es para o mercado canadense. O ambiente comercial amig\u00e1vel e uma variedade de importadores em todo o pa\u00eds indicam uma boa oportunidade para a entrada de produtos brasileiros\u201d, diz.\r\n\r\n\u201cAl\u00e9m disso, o pa\u00eds possui uma grande rede de acordos comerciais e cinco em fase de negocia\u00e7\u00e3o, um deles com o Mercosul, indicando um futuro acordo de livre com\u00e9rcio, o que intensificar\u00e1 tamb\u00e9m as rela\u00e7\u00f5es comerciais do setor de confectionery<\/em> e snacks com esse mercado\u201d, completa Fons\u00eaca.\r\n\r\nOs dados levantados pela ApexBrasil e apresentados em um estudo sobre o setor em 2020 confirmam. Apesar da ainda baixa participa\u00e7\u00e3o da ind\u00fastria brasileira de doces no mercado canadense, as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es v\u00eam crescendo ano a ano desde 2015. \u201cEm 2020, as vendas atingiram US$ 4,1 bilh\u00f5es, impulsionadas pelos chocolates, que responderam por US$ 2,7 bilh\u00f5es desse total, uma alta de 1,8% em rela\u00e7\u00e3o ao ano anterior\u201d, explica o analista de mercado da ag\u00eancia Eduardo Seixas.\r\n\r\nDe acordo com o especialista, vale destacar tamb\u00e9m a participa\u00e7\u00e3o dos snacks que, relativamente, obtiveram o maior crescimento percentual, de 9% em 2020 na compara\u00e7\u00e3o com o per\u00edodo anterior. \u201cOs snacks foram a categoria que mais cresceu nos \u00faltimos cinco anos e nossa previs\u00e3o \u00e9 que continue em expans\u00e3o nos pr\u00f3ximos cinco\u201d, revela.\r\n

Confinamento e futuro<\/h2>\r\nO aumento das importa\u00e7\u00f5es canadenses de produtos brasileiros do setor acompanhou o movimento de expans\u00e3o desse mercado como um todo no Canad\u00e1. O desempenho \u00e9 resultado de novos h\u00e1bitos de consumo da popula\u00e7\u00e3o e do aumento da demanda durante o isolamento social e confinamento em casa, devido \u00e0 pandemia, conforme esclarece o diretor de Rela\u00e7\u00f5es Institucionais da CCBC, Paulo de Castro Reis.\r\n\r\nSegundo ele, os estudos de mercado conduzidos pela CCBC indicam alguns aspectos valorizados pelos consumidores canadenses e que devem ser levados em considera\u00e7\u00e3o pela ind\u00fastria brasileira interessada nesse mercado. \u201cOs canadenses s\u00e3o abertos a novas experi\u00eancias e \u00e0 degusta\u00e7\u00e3o de sabores \u00fanicos. Os sabores \u00e9tnicos, os produtos gourmet e especiais despertam bastante interesse dos compradores. Outro ponto relevante \u00e9 a preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o do canadense com o impacto social e ambiental de empresas e produtos\u201d, afirma.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[555,923,968],"class_list":["post-33377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-ccbc","tag-brazil-canada","tag-mining-committee","tag-safety"],"cp_meta_data":{"_wpml_word_count":["{\"total\":0,\"to_translate\":{\"en\":1010,\"fr\":1010,\"pt-br\":1010,\"zu\":1010}}"],"_alp_processed":["1675943834"],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_wpml_location_migration_done":["1"],"_mtsnb_override_bar":["a:1:{i:0;s:0:\"\";}"],"_et_monarch_override":[""],"_et_builder_version":["BB|Divi|3.21.1"],"_et_pb_first_image":[""],"_et_pb_truncate_post":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["54"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_thumbnail_id":["33187"],"post_do_preventscroll":["0"],"css_selector_at_pages_selected":[""],"post_enableurltrigger":["0"],"overlay_automatictrigger_disablemobile":["0"],"post_do_hideclosebtn":["0"],"post_do_customizeclosebtn":["0"],"sb_divi_fe_layout_overrides":["a:5:{s:21:\"sb_divi_fe_pre-header\";s:1:\"0\";s:20:\"sb_divi_fe_post-menu\";s:1:\"0\";s:22:\"sb_divi_fe_pre-content\";s:1:\"0\";s:23:\"sb_divi_fe_post-content\";s:1:\"0\";s:21:\"sb_divi_fe_pre-footer\";s:1:\"0\";}"],"ags_jhf_disable":["0"],"_last_translation_edit_mode":["translation-editor"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","1"],"_et_post_bg_color":["#ffffff"],"_et_post_bg_layout":["light"],"_et_pb_show_title":["on"],"_et_pb_post_hide_nav":["default"],"_et_pb_page_layout":["et_no_sidebar"],"_et_pb_side_nav":["off"],"_et_pb_use_builder":["off"],"_et_pb_ab_stats_refresh_interval":["hourly"],"_et_pb_old_content":["

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