Tag: Minas Gerais

• 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.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Knife used to stab Bolsonaro will go on display at police museum

  

  The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is to be put on display at a police museum due to its “historical value”, a court ruled.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  BHP Billiton facing US$ 5 billion claim for damages over a dam collapse in Brazil

  

  Mining giant BHP Billiton is facing a US$5bn claim for damages over a dam collapse in Brazil in 2015. Law firm SPG, which is representing than 200,000 Brazilian claimants, said the company “knew of the risks” at the Samarco mine in Minas Gerais state.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Brazil's Vale ordered to suspend more iron ore operations fearing dam breaks

  

  Brazil's mining agency (ANM) has ordered Vale to suspend operations at its Fabrica and Vargem Grande complexes, as part of an ongoing crackdown following last month's deadly dam break at the iron producer’s Corrego do Feijão mine.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:25 UTC

  Growing evidence shows Vale was made aware of dam's rupture risk

  

  Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in Brazil that collapsed in January and killed at least 165 people had a heightened risk of rupturing, according to an internal document, Reuters reported on Monday

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  China iron ore futures soar on concerns over the Vale tragedy in Brazil

  

  China iron ore futures rose to a record on Monday, the first session after a week-long national holiday, on concerns that supply from Brazil, the country’s second-largest ore supplier, may decline after a fatal dam accident at a Vale mine.