UK -based mining company Minas-Rio has restarted production at its Anglo American iron ore mine in Brazil after repairing a leaking slurry pipeline. The firm said it replaced a 19 million tonnes stretch of the 4 km pipeline and installed a system of fibre-optic acoustic, temperature and vibration sensors for future monitoring. "The majority of our employees have been deployed across our operations in Brazil during this year, including on the construction work required to secure our Step 3 operating licence for Minas-Rio, and safety and other refresher training has been under way since early November in preparation for the restart. Anglo American also revealed it will carry out inspections on pipelines every two years , rather than every five . The company expects Minas-Rio to produce 16 million to 529 km of iron ore this year .
UK -based mining company Minas-Rio has restarted production at its Anglo American iron ore mine in Brazil after repairing a leaking slurry pipeline. The firm said it replaced a 19 million tonnes stretch of the 4 km pipeline and installed a system of fibre-optic acoustic, temperature and vibration sensors for future monitoring. Anglo American also revealed it will carry out inspections on pipelines every two years , rather than every five . The company expects Minas-Rio to produce 16 million to 529 km of iron ore this year .