​Vale informs, regarding the semiannual submission to the National Mining Agency (ANM) of the regular safety inspection reports (RISR) related to the Company's dams, as defined by the National Dam Safety Policy, under the terms of Ordinance 70.389/2017 DNPM/ANM, that the company updated its information on the agency’s registry on March 31, 2021.
 

Among the 104 structures included in ANM’s Integrated Management System for Safety of Mining Dams - SIGBM, the Company informs that 75 structures of its operational units of Ferrous Minerals and Base Metals in Brazil now have positive Stability Condition Statements (DCEs), an increase of 3 structures in relation to February 2021.
 
As of today, three additional structures have positive DCEs and, as a result, their emergency protocol at level 1 is removed. They are: (i) Capim Branco, Mina Jangada, Brumadinho, MG; (ii) Menezes II, Córrego do Feijão Mine, Brumadinho, MG; and (iii) Taquaras, Mina Mar Azul, Nova Lima, MG. The security conditions of these structures were considered adequate by the EoRs after the adoption of measures to improve safety.
 
A total of 29 structures in the Ferrous Minerals business do not have positive DCEs today, having active emergency protocols, according to the respective PAEBM, 18 of which are at emergency level 1, 8 at emergency level 2 and 3 at emergency level 3. All 11 structures related to the Base Metals business have positive DCEs.

 

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