Tag: iron ore mine

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC

  Workers at the largest open cast iron ore mine in the world threatened by Covid-19 outbreak

  

  The Brazilian municipality of Parauapebas, in the state of Pará, which houses part of the Serra dos Carajás, where the largest open-cast iron ore mine in the world is located, will carry out mass testing for Covid-19, reaching about half the population.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Mining giant Rio Tinto admits blowing up ancient Australian aboriginal rock shelters

  

  Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has admitted damaging ancient Aboriginal rock shelters in the remote Pilbara region in Australia, blasting near the 46,000-year-old heritage site to expand an iron ore mine.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  NGOs demand Brazilian miner Vale be excluded from UN's corporate responsibility pact

  

  A group of international non-governmental organizations on Tuesday demanded that Brazilian miner Vale SA be excluded from the United Nations' corporate responsibility pact, after a mining dam burst that killed an estimated 300 people.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Vale in deep legal “sludge” over dam burst: 135 dead and 200 missing

  

  A report commissioned by Brazilian miner Vale SA last year to look into the stability of the tailings dam that ruptured January 25, killing 135, certified it as sound but raised concerns over its drainage and monitoring systems, newspaper Folha de S Paulo reported on Tuesday.

• 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.