Tag: Brumadinho

Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
Mining giant Vale signs US$ 7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people

Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal on Thursday to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and killed more than 270 people.
Friday, January 8th 2021 - 08:39 UTC
Rupture of dam in Brazil compensation could reach US$ 5,3bn

The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is hoping to win at least 28 billion reais (US$ 5.3 billion) from a compensation deal with miner Vale SA after the 2019 Brumadinho deadly dam burst, a senior state official said on Thursday.
Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:33 UTC
Catastrophic rainstorms and floods in central Brazil: at least 50 deaths

At least 50 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the southeast of the country, authorities said on Sunday.
Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil mining regulator dismisses a Vale dam is in danger of collapse: “structurally sound”

A dam owned by iron ore company Vale SA that was the subject of an investigative report by a TV program last week is structurally sound and there is no reason for concern, Brazil’s national mining regulator said this week.
Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 08:58 UTC
Brazilian investigative journalism unveils cracks in a tailings' dam, like the one that burst a year ago killing hundreds

State prosecutors in Brazil have identified cracks in a tailings dam owned by iron ore mining company Vale SA and have asked the firm to hire an independent auditor to look into the matter, a television station reported on Friday night.
Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Brazilian prosecutors planning to file criminal charges to mining giant Vale SA

Brazilian prosecutors plan to file criminal charges against Vale SA and employees of the mining giant over the deadly collapse of a mine-waste dam in January, the lead investigator told The Wall Street Journal.
Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 08:58 UTC
Brazil's Vale allegedly quashed efforts to audit the dam that killed 300 people

Executives at Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, quashed efforts by Brazilian authorities to audit one of the company's mining dams months before it collapsed and killed over 300 people, a state prosecutor was quoted as saying by news website G1 on Wednesday.
Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:17 UTC
 Brazil's Vale iron ore miner ordered to suspend operations in two more dams

Brazilian court has ordered Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, to suspend operations at two more dams, demanding that it prove the structures are stable. The court decision dated Friday is the latest in a series of orders forcing Vale to halt operations at various dams that contain the muddy detritus of mining operations after one such barrier collapsed in January, killing some 300 people.
Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 08:39 UTC
Brazil bans upstream mining dams following the Brumadinho disaster that killed 300

Brazil's government on Monday banned new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such dams by 2021, targeting the type of structure that burst last month in the town of Brumadinho, killing hundreds of people.
Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:26 UTC
Brazil arrests eight officials from mining giant Vale over the dam collapse

Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago that killed at least 166 people and left 147 missing, presumed dead.