Human activities such as logging, mining fishing and agriculture are important to the Brazilian economy but are also a serious threat to Brazil's diverse environment.
Coal mining and the subsequent burning of coal can have many bad effects on both humans and the environment. Examples of this include waste products, acid rain, contaminated water, poisonous emissions, high levels of carbon dioxide and increased risks of lung cancer for coal plant workers.
We have directed Semirara Mining Corporation to focus on search and rescue operations.
We have been traditionally interested in the mining sector story, we will keep a close eye on it.
By blunting that effect it's probably undermining the motivation to quit and the ease of people quitting.
The danger is over, now it's the cleanup and determining whether anybody is in the house.