She issued an Indigenous heritage protection order rejecting the planned site of the dam at the mine in mid-August. The ...

We used satellite mapping to find one of the largest tailings ponds in Brazil, a site called Maravilhas II, owned by the mining giant Vale which also owns the dam that failed last month.

Significantly, the striking mine workers also voted to disassociate ... the strikers voted to return to the dam site. Six Companies stood by its pay cut, but pledged it would be the last.

A dam burst at a mine co-owned by Vale and BHP Billiton in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, submerging nearby homes and vehicles. Photo: Record TV ...

Mining Dam Failures Present a Global Danger Massive tailings dams, like this functional one near Antonio Pereira, Brazil, are built by mining companies to hold back the sludge left behind when a ...

The Environment Minister had issued the protection order rejecting the proposed site of a tailings dam at the mine in ...

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On Thursday, state labor courts froze more than 800 million Reais (US$ 219 million) of Vale’s assets as compensation for victims Residents devastated by a mining dam burst in Brazil that may ...

Significantly, the striking mine workers also voted to disassociate ... the strikers voted to return to the dam site. Six Companies stood by its pay cut, but pledged it would be the last.