Mining Dam Disaster Deal Should Curb Lawsuits Against Vale and BHP, Sources Say October 22, 2024 By Marta Nogueira, Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for...
Brazil Confirms Potential $18B Deal With Miners Involved in Deadly Dam Disaster September 17, 2024 By Marta Nogueira The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of...
Brazil States Ask Court to Double Amount Vale, BHP Should Pay for Mining Disaster May 15, 2024 By Marta Nogueira Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a...
Vale, BHP Offer $25B Settlement for Mining Disaster, but Brazil Authorities Want More April 30, 2024 By Peter Frontini and Marta Nogueira Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the...
Brazilian Miners Likely to Miss Legal Deadline for Removal of Tailings Dams February 10, 2022 By Marta Nogueira Vale and other Brazilian mining companies are set to miss a legal deadline in the state of Minas Gerais for...
Brazil’s Vale CEO Says Dam Tragedies Were Wake Up Call on Safety, Green Policies October 6, 2021 By Marta Nogueira After two deadly dam disasters that made Vale SA a pariah of the global green movement, Brazil’s largest mining company...
Brazil Miner Vale, State Authorities Narrow Differences in Disaster Settlement: Reuters January 25, 2021 By Marta Nogueira Brazilian miner Vale SA and state authorities narrowed their gap in a potential settlement deal over the Brumadinho mining disaster...
Prosecutors Want Brazil Court to Make Vale Mine Replace Executives Tied to Lax Safety September 4, 2020 By Marta Nogueira and Sabrina Valle Federal prosecutors in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state are seeking a court order for miner Vale SA to replace executives they...
Brazil Police Accuse Mining Firm Vale, Auditor of Fraud Related to Deadly Dam Collapse September 23, 2019 By Marta Nogueira Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in...
Brazil’s Vale Warns Another Mine Tailings Dam at Risk of Collapse May 17, 2019 By Marta Nogueira Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA told prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais that a dam is at risk...