> **Public reading copy.** This copy was generated from a checksum-preserved approved release input on 26 October 2026. Source IDs, claim text, grades, qualifiers and limitations are retained. Public source URLs are limited to exact, dated official or court-document exceptions; other source URLs are represented as plain citation text marked `source under hygiene review`. This copy does not create a dataset release, DOI, scientific verification or legal review.
# Novelis Candeias — status note
**WO-ATLAS-20261021-NOVELIS · 21 October 2026 · Manus AI · Tier 2, draft only**
**Court-check cutoff: 14:11:15 UTC.**
## Primary-document gate
**Full judgment: not obtained. Official MPT-BA release: obtained.** The dated 14 October release confirms its account of the R$20 million collective award and remedial terms. An original DJEN notice, available 1 October, independently identifies **ACPCiv 0000683-93.2023.5.05.0122**, Judge **Ana Terra Fagundes Oliveira Cruz**, and **Sentence ID e485967**. The notice does not reproduce the operative decision; the sentence-validation and full consultation routes were blocked by location/IP restrictions. Judicial figures are labelled **OFFICIAL RELEASE CONFIRMED — JUDGMENT/EXHIBITS NOT REVIEWED**, not represented as extracted judgment text. [1] [2]
## Appeal and company response
**Current appeal, stay and finality: undetermined.** MPT described an appealable first-instance sentence on 14 October. The 11 matching official communications, newest dated 1 October, are not a complete docket and cannot establish “no appeal” or finality. No payment, compliance or completed remedy is claimed. [1] [2]
A company response exists **in dated reporting**: Rádio Nacional/EBC reported on **16 October** that Novelis said any statements would be made exclusively in the case record because the matter was ongoing. This is procedural, not a merits position or confirmed appeal. No later company-authored substantive statement was found in the bounded newsroom/RSS check. [3]
## Material corrections and remaining gaps
Company primary records identify a **primary-aluminum smelter**, not a rolling plant, and document **December 2010 closure**. MPT’s **1970–2011** activity range remains a conflicting source statement. The company’s approximately 300 closure-affected employees, TRT5’s approximately 350 dismissals and MPT’s 350–400 workforce range have different scopes; none is an exposure denominator. [1] [4] [5] [6]
The urgent recall is **up to 60 working days**, expressly distinguished from the other obligations described as awaiting final judgment. No due date is calculated. Annual examinations through **2040** and medically conditioned **lifetime care** are separate duties. Exact triggers, eligibility, protocol, original employer/Ministry records and current procedural status remain open. The reviewed sources describe two prior pleural-mesothelioma cases; **two deaths remain UNVERIFIED — REPORTED**. No USD conversion or “no U.S. equivalent” claim is adopted. [1]
## Review handoff
The three attachments are complete private drafts using the recovered facility-record v1 draft contract, with candidate IDs and explicit unknowns. Structural, relationship and citation checks are recorded in the source ledger; no production-schema approval or scientific/legal review is claimed. **Next: ANCHOR → CLEO → Charles**, with legal and occupational-health scope review. Nothing was published, deployed, merged or committed; no public artifact URL, access change or dispatch was created. The source ledger contains the uncommitted accomplishments entry for the authorized owner.
## ANCHOR edit — 26 October 2026
All brief-flagged figures were re-measured verbatim at the MPT-BA release (control 0), and the company, 10-K, TRT5 and EBC claims were re-read. Two release facts were added to the record: the R$20 million is to be allocated under the STF’s **ADPF 944** criteria, and the sentence identified **failures in monitoring exposed workers**. Reference [2] (DJEN) returns 403 to ANCHOR’s network and stays Manus-attested. The court-status check is still as of 21 October. Judgment-not-reviewed labels, the UNVERIFIED — REPORTED deaths and the 2010/2011 date conflict are unchanged.
## References
[1]: https://www.prt5.mpt.mp.br/informe-se/noticias-do-mpt-ba/2777-novelis-e-condenada-em-r-20-milhoes-por-expor-trabalhadores-ao-amianto "Official MPT-BA release, 14 October 2026"
[2]: https://comunicaapi.pje.jus.br/api/v1/comunicacao/DLz5neGX643JtQ4UGT73ww1Rdy4gaO/certidao "Original DJEN sentence notice, available 1 October 2026"
[3]: source under hygiene review "EBC/Rádio Nacional, 16 October 2026: reported company response"
[4]: source under hygiene review "Company smelter-closure announcement, 6 December 2010"
[5]: source under hygiene review "Company FY2012 Form 10-K, printed page 14: December 2010 closure"
[6]: https://trt5.jus.br/noticias/trt-ba-julga-abusiva-despedida-coletiva-350-trabalhadores-candeias "TRT5, 19 August 2011: separate dismissal proceeding"