Brazil Miner Vale to Pay $56M to Settle SEC Charges Related to Dam Safety Disclosures March 29, 2023 Brazilian mining firm Vale SA agreed to pay $55.9 million to settle charges related to allegedly false and misleading disclosures...
Brazil Fines Vale $16.9M for Lack of Reliable Details About Collapsed Tailings Dam August 16, 2022 By Mariana Durao Vale SA was fined 86.3 million real ($16.9 million) for not giving Brazil’s mining regulator accurate information on the conditions...
SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over ‘False and Misleading’ Claims About Safety of Dams April 29, 2022 By Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures...
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...
London Court of Appeal Agrees to Reopen $7B Brazil Dam-Collapse Lawsuit Against BHP July 28, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley London’s Court of Appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants...
Final Settlement for Brazil’s Samarco Mining Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 Billion July 20, 2021 By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO – A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group and Vale SA, for the damage...
Brazil Judge Orders Vale to Pay Damages to Families of Victims of 2019 Mining Disaster June 11, 2021 BRASILIA – A regional labor judge has ordered Brazilian miner Vale SA to pay 1 million reais ($197,240) in compensation...
London Court Will Reconsider $6.9B Suit Against BHP Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse May 7, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – London’s Court of Appeal will hear a request to revive a 5 billion pound ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court March 25, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...