Tag: Brumadinho Minas Gerais

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 18:17 UTC

  Brazil's mining industry given more time to close dangerous tailings dams

  

  Brazil’s mining regulator on Monday extended the deadlines by up to four years for the closing of many dangerous mine tailings dams like the one that collapsed in January at a Vale SA facility, killing more than 240 people.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 07:50 UTC

  Dam collapses in Brazil: mud sludge leaves over 200 miners missing

  

  Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster involving the company in just over three years.