Tag: disaster of 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.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  Mining giant Vale's ex CEO charged with homicide for massive dam collapse killing 250 people

  

  Vale's former chief executive officer was charged with homicide for the massive dam collapse that killed more than 250 people in Brazil last January (2019). Fabio Schvartsman is the highest-profile executive facing criminal charges for Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's mining giant Vale was aware of problems with tailings dam that burst and killed hundreds

  

  Mining giant Vale failed to report problems at a massive tailings dam in Brazil that could have averted its collapse, killing hundreds, a government agency said on Tuesday.

• 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.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering after a nine-hour operation; General Hamilton Mourao acting president

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone surgery to remove a colostomy bag he had fitted after he was stabbed in the stomach on the campaign trail in September. He is expected to be on strict bed rest for two days after the operation, a presidential spokesman said.