An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by Vale SA killed 272 people in the …
A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale, BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the deadly 2015 Fundao tailings dam collapse, according to a statement from the court on Thursday. The dam collapse at an …
Brazil on Friday signed a 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) compensation agreement with miners BHP, Vale, and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015, one of the country’s worst environmental disasters. The collapse of the dam at the iron …
Brazilian authorities will sign on Friday a long-awaited reparation deal with miners Vale, BHP and Samarco over the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, the country’s presidential office said on Wednesday. The agreement will be signed in a ceremony attended by President …
An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits against the mining companies in the South …
Miners Vale, BHP and Samarco are discussing a near $30 billion compensation deal with Brazilian authorities related to the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, they said on Friday, with an agreement set to be signed on Oct. 25, sources said. The …
The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of miners involved in a deadly 2015 dam collapse, saying the deal could also involve further repair work by the companies …
BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on Tuesday. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including around 50 municipalities, are …
Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for “trying to derail” a potential 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including 46 local …
Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, must pay in damages for a 2015 deadly tailings dam failure, according to a legal document seen …
