Within hours of a deadly mining spill in November that would become Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, BHP Chief Executive Andrew...
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Brazil’s federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais...
Weather related disasters such as floods and heatwaves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often...
Brazil’s worst mining accident will lead to stricter insurance standards under a revised version of an industry bill first introduced...
As miners globally review the way they store waste in the wake of another horrific dam spill, the solution may...
The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people...
Brazil’s president slapped preliminary fines of 250 million reais ($66.2 million) against a mine in the country’s southeast where two...
Brazil’s government said on Wednesday it may fine mining giants BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA for the “environmental catastrophe”...
Insurers covering risks for a Brazilian mine where two dams burst last week, killing at least six people, could pay...
Global catastrophe losses in October are expected to top $10 billion, according to a report from Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s...