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Brazil's mining disaster forces cities 300km downstream to cut drinking water supply
Mud and wastewater from burst dams at a Brazilian iron ore mine cut off drinking water and raised health and environmental concerns in cities more than 300 km downstream on Monday, amid increasingly dire search efforts in a village devastated by the mudslides. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThis Saxon company should be liable for all loss of life and environmental and materials damage.
Nov 10th, 2015 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Any fine or compensation below 320 billion yuan is favoring scam.
I got out of bed this morning and had a big Yuan before drinking my coffee.
Nov 10th, 2015 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Stop being a super douche and post in $usd so it is easily understood.
Yes, this is a terrible disaster and I am sure the government will go after them for massive damages.
The Truth is that Vale owns 50% of this mine.
Nov 10th, 2015 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0However, neither Vale nor BHP Billiton are based on Saxony, Germany.
@1 Brasileiro
Nov 10th, 2015 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No chance, the whole point of having a local subsidiary is that any liability is limited to that company, you can’t touch the corporate parents.
If Samarco can’t bear the costs then they will simply shut it down. You can have the mine back, it sounds like an environmental disaster waiting to happen anyway.
With the worldwide drop in commodities demand & prices, some downsizing is necessary.
Saxons!! Good lord and I thought it was the Franks, but then if the Franks were there they would have had their asses kicked by the Moors and Basques.
Nov 10th, 2015 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh my....WTF is wrong with that brasshole.........is he living in the dark ages?
@1 brasshole (the one with shit, and now sludge for brains)
Nov 10th, 2015 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As you should know, Samarco Mineração S.A. is a Brazilian mining company, founded in 1977, and owned 50/50 by Vale S.A. and the Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton....
If the affected families are ever to be properly indemnified, you can be sure it will be because Billiton is one of the partners. If it were up to the Brazilian partner, they would probably let it drag on indefinitely until the tragedy is forgotten, and this would be allowed to happen because they are probably in cahoots with the government of MG, run by the PT, which until now, has assumed absolutely no responsibility whatsoever with regards to the fact that it is their obligation - along with Samarco's - to monitor the dams to ensure that they are safe. Knowing the Brazilian authorities, they'll probably conclude it was a fatality, just an accident hard to predict... when in reality, more of “an accident waiting to happen.” And there are 700 such dams in MG...
But please tell us, what difficult calculation did you make to come up with the figure of 320 billion Yuan ? Did it just appear in your brown matter ?
More British incompetence. BHP is famous around the world for this sort of malfeasance. Basically they are the British Petroleum of the iron ore mining industry.
Nov 11th, 2015 - 01:54 am - Link - Report abuse 06 Jack
Nov 11th, 2015 - 04:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0NOSTRILS is just making it up as he goes along @4 and @7
@ 7 Hepatia
Nov 11th, 2015 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“British Petroleum”, what century are you living in?
Patagonia will be British again within 24 years.
@7 Hippy
Nov 11th, 2015 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0that's right, just keep on compounding your ignorance.... your continual posting of misinformation is what I would call incompetence.
@8 Troy
the brasshole's posts (#1) shouldn't be taken seriously. Rarely does he write anything that even slightly resembles the truth.
http://en.mercopress.com/2015/11/10/brazil-s-mining-disaster-forces-cities-300km-downstream-to-cut-drinking-water-supply#comment419748: Nostrils? The racism of the British bigot. Not only are you despicable but you are gutless as well. If you want to use the 'N word' then use it. Don't hide behind euphemisms.
Nov 12th, 2015 - 11:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@11
Nov 13th, 2015 - 12:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Lol, Hepatia... er... I mean, NOSTRILS - you are too funny!!
Is this the nostrils persona pretending to live in the USA? There is only one actual racist on the website........Nostrils/tobi/StroLL..whatever whatever/John Paul Stroll......Brasole.....where DO the names end?
Nov 13th, 2015 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0All posting from one NA location.
@11 Hippy
Nov 13th, 2015 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How does Troy's calling you NOSTRILS (@8) relate to 'racism' ? are you daft ?
And what's all this emotional liberal sensitivity shit about the “N” word ? I can see where you are going , but are you just another crazy liberal or are you a black person ?? and if you are, why in hell would you think anyone is concerned about your race ?
Oh shit, na, yur avin a Baff Gezer, wot a bartsard that is, fcukin NOSTRILS is now on the cnutin list of words “yer can’t flippin use anybloodymore”?
Nov 13th, 2015 - 06:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bolloxs.
If Hippy is so offended by being called NOSTRILS, how about the 'air' gobbler ?
Nov 14th, 2015 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.mercopress.com/2015/11/10/brazil-s-mining-disaster-forces-cities-300km-downstream-to-cut-drinking-water-supply#comment419810: I'm living in the 21st century. And I remember well when British Petroleum, in an effort to deny their British character, tried to re brand themselves as “BP”. The fact is that the US market is British Petroleum's largest and being British in the US is not an asset.
Nov 17th, 2015 - 03:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Its pathetic that nobody wants to admit to being British. Where's their pride?
17 NOSTRILS
Nov 17th, 2015 - 07:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Silly Troll - trying to bait us - LOL!!!
@17 Hippy
Nov 17th, 2015 - 08:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0For shit's sake, post something that makes at least a little sense.....you're such an asshole - you ask the question and then you yourself answer it...I suppose it's the only way you'll get the answer you want.....lol.
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