Tag: Minas Gerais

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Emergency declared at Brazilian state of Minas Gerais due to heavy rainfalls

  

  Heavy rainstorms have left at least 138 cities in a state of emergency in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais due to floods, landslides and damages to the infrastructure.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:59 UTC

  Cattle prices drop in Brazil as meat industry is idle waiting for tests from a suspected mad cow case

  

  The suspicion of a possible mad cow case identified in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has further paralyzed activity in the country's abattoirs, and consequently the price of live cattle. A release from the Association of Brazilian abattoirs in the representation of the industry confirmed the situation.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Suspected case of “mad cow” in central Brazil; live cattle prices plummet

  

  The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed it was investigating a suspected case of “mad cow” in the central state of Minas Gerais. The situation dating to August 31 caused abattoirs and meatpacking plants to stop the purchase of cattle with an immediate downfall in prices, expected to continue until the situation is cleared.

• 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.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Chinese company confident it will start its US$ 2,1 billion iron ore project in Brazil

  

  Chinese mining company Sul Americana de Metais (SAM), a unit of China’s Honbridge Holdings, is confident it will receive the necessary permits to start up its US$ 2.1 billion iron ore project in Minas Gerais, its chief executive said.

• 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, January 17th 2020 - 16:09 UTC

  Third person dies of contaminated craft beer in Brazil

  

  A third person has died in Brazil of suspected poisoning from a batch of craft beer contaminated with a toxic chemical used in antifreeze and other products, police in the state of Minas Gerais said on Thursday.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Chinese mining group plans to build an US$ 2.2bn complex in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has signed a protocol of intent with Sul Americana de Metais, a unit of Chinese miner Honbridge Holdings, for the construction of a 9.1 billion reais (US$ 2.2 billion) mining complex, newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo reported.