Presentation
This edition of the Environment Report updates information and further, goes deeply into the four topics below, which were covered in the December 1998 edition, all of them of the utmost significance for Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN):

· Restoration of the mined-out areas;
· Control of solid particles emission into the atmosphere;
· Revegetation of the tailing ponds;
· Rehabilitation of the Batata lake.

Revegetation of the tailing ponds deserves special mention. This project started thirteen years ago and, in the end of 1998, reached a well advanced stage with the revegetation, by hydroseeding, of the first tailing pond, corresponding to an area of 25ha. Presently, the saplings growing there testify that MRN is complying with its commitment to restore the mined-out areas to their original environmental condition.