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...
Samarco, BHP & Vale Agree to Pay $5B in Damages for Brazil Mining Disaster March 3, 2016 By Anthony Boadle and Stephen Eisenhammer Mining company Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton and Vale SA , reached a deal with the Brazilian government on...
Brazil & Samarco Close to Agreeing on Damages from Mining Disaster February 26, 2016 Brazil’s government and Samarco Mineracao SA are meeting on Friday to finalize the settlement of a lawsuit for damages caused...
Brazil Police Accuse Vale, Samarco of Environmental Crime for Mine Disaster January 15, 2016 By Yasmine Batista Brazil’s Federal Police accused Vale SA and its Brazilian joint venture with BHP Billiton Ltd of environmental crime related to...
Brazil Mine Disaster Shows Value (and Harm) of Public Relations Responses January 4, 2016 By Stephen Eisenhammer Within hours of a deadly mining spill in November that would become Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, BHP Chief Executive Andrew...
Brazil to Sue BHP and Vale for $5.24B in Damages Caused by Burst Dam Disaster November 30, 2015 Brazil’s federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais...
Brazil Mining Disaster to Lead to Stricter Insurance Standards, Oversight November 20, 2015 By Anna Edgerton Brazil’s worst mining accident will lead to stricter insurance standards under a revised version of an industry bill first introduced...
Mine Disasters Show Real Cost of Using Cheap Solutions for Waste Storage November 18, 2015 By Danielle Bochove As miners globally review the way they store waste in the wake of another horrific dam spill, the solution may...
Brazil Mine Disaster Could Devastate Ecosystem for Many Years November 16, 2015 By Stephen Eisenhammer The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people...
Brazil Slaps Initial Fine of $66 Million on Mine for Burst Dam Disaster November 13, 2015 By Marta Nogueira and Stephen Eisenhammer Brazil’s president slapped preliminary fines of 250 million reais ($66.2 million) against a mine in the country’s southeast where two...