Alaska City Votes to Adopt Climate Action Plan May 24, 2019 The Anchorage Assembly has adopted a climate action plan setting goals for the Alaska city. Alaska Public Media reported that...
Vale’s Gongo Soco Mine Tailings Dam Faces 10%-15% Risk of Collapse: Brazil Official May 21, 2019 Brazilian miner Vale‘s tailings dam in the town of Barao de Cocais in Minas Gerais has up to a 15%...
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...
Colorado Begins Work on New Safety-Focused Oil and Gas Rules May 16, 2019 Colorado oil and gas regulators are outlining some of their first planned rule changes under a new law that makes...
Brazil’s Vale to Invest $2.5B in Technology to Prevent Mining Dam Disasters: Reuters May 10, 2019 By Marta Nogueira Brazil’s Vale said on Thursday that it plans to invest $2.5 billion over the next five years in technology that...
Mining Giant BHP Faces $5B Damages Claim over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster May 8, 2019 By Kirstin Ridley and Barbara Lewis Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP is facing a landmark, $5.0 billion damages claim in England for being “woefully negligent” in the...
S&P Will Issue ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ Evaluations Including on Insurance Sector April 18, 2019 By Don Jergler If you’re among those who regard “environmental, social and governance” as just another in a long line of trendy buzz-phrases,...
Brazil Mining Giant Vale Warns Another Tailings Dam Could Collapse March 25, 2019 By Diane Jeantet Brazilian mining giant Vale said Saturday [March 23] that communities in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais have been ordered...
Brazil’s Backlash over Vale Dam Disaster Deepens with Mine Closure, Frozen Funds March 19, 2019 By Peter Millard Vale SA’s shares declined on Monday as the world’s biggest iron ore producer faced continued backlash from Brazilian authorities after...
Brazil Miner Vale Fired Inspection Firm for Refusing to Certify Dam’s Safety: Prosecutors March 6, 2019 By Christian Plumb and Marcelo Rochabrun Brazilian iron ore miner Vale fired an inspection firm because the company refused to certify one of its dams as...