Mining Disasters in Brazil | Case Studies in the Environment
The ruptures of two iron ore dams in two municipalities of southeastern Brazil have caused immeasurable economic, social, and environmental damages. This case report describes the ruptures of Mariana dam in 2015 and the Brumadinho dam in 2019, as well as their causes and consequences. The companies responsible for …
BHP faces shareholder class action over Brazil mine disaster
Australian law firm Phi Finney McDonald said Wednesday it plans to sue world's miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP), arguing the company misled investors over the 2015 collapse of a dam at the Samarco ...
Dam Collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil | NASA Applied Sciences
A mining dam in the south-eastern town of Brumadinho, Brazil collapsed killing at least 58 people, with 300 more missing as rescue efforts continue in the search for survivors. As …
Brazil's Lula says deal with Vale on Mariana disaster '90
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that a deal with miner Vale for reparations over the 2015 Mariana tailings dam disaster is 90% done and final details should be ...
Brazil authorities expect Mariana dam disaster deal to close …
It was the biggest environmental disaster ever in Brazil. According to the newspaper, the reparation should be higher than that of the Brumadinho disaster, for which Vale paid R$37.8 billion ($7. ...
The Mariana mining disaster
The Mariana mining disaster, as it has come to be known, disrupted the lives of thousands and caused untold environmental damage. 500 km of destruction . A view of the now reddish-brown river Rio Doce in Barra Longa, 70kms away from the disaster zone. ... The worst environmental disaster Brazil has ever seen.
BHP and Vale ordered to pay $9.7bn over Brazilian dam …
A Brazilian court has ordered iron ore producer Samarco, along with its owners Vale and BHP, to pay R$47.6bn ($9.7bn) in compensation for a dam collapse that triggered one of …
Final settlement for Brazil's Samarco dam disaster could
The dam collapsed at the Samarco iron ore mine near the town of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is widely regarded as the country's largest-ever environmental disaster.
Brazil's Brumadinho dam disaster reverberates for mining …
Workers at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine were on their lunch break on January 25 2019 when a dam at the site, in the rolling hills of Minas Gerais, ruptured …
Dam Collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil | NASA Applied Sciences
A mining dam in the south-eastern town of Brumadinho, Brazil collapsed killing at least 58 people, with 300 more missing as rescue efforts continue in the search for survivors. As the dam collapsed a large volume of sludge buried the …
(PDF) Mining Disasters in Brazil
The ruptures of two iron ore dams in two municipalities of southeastern Brazil have caused immeasurable economic, social, and environmental damages.
Brazil mining giant Vale will pay nearly $7 billion in …
Vale has agreed to pay 37.7 billion reais, or roughly $7 billion, to the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, where a mining disaster in Brumadinho two years ago …
Vale should pay over R$100bn for Mariana disaster, minister …
Vale should contribute at least R$100 billion more to the reparations for the 2015 Mariana mining dam disaster, Brazil's minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre …
How a Mining Disaster Devastated an Indigenous Group in Brazil …
In 2015, Brazil experienced the worst environmental disaster in its history when a dam holding mining industry waste burst and sent a toxic mudslide along the Rio Doce.
Petrochemical giant's closed salt mine partially collapses in
Civil defense authorities in Brazil say a closed rock salt mine belonging to petrochemical giant Braskem has partially collapsed in the coastal city of Maceio, the capital of northeastern Alagoas state.
After two collapses, a third Vale dam at 'imminent risk of …
This was the site in 2019 of Brazil's deadliest mining disaster, when a tailings dam at Vale's Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine collapsed, killing nearly 300 people. The cause of the dam's ...
Samarco mine disaster settlement talks irk Brazil officials as …
The latest talks over a multibillion-dollar settlement for a 2015 mining disaster failed to yield a deal, with Brazilian officials signaling the two sides are still far apart with time running out.
Metal concentrations and biological effects from one of …
The rupture of the Brumadinho mining tailings dam in Brazil is considered one of the largest mining disasters in the world, resulting in 244 deaths and 26 missing people, in addition to the ...
Brazil's dam disaster
Vale is Brazil's biggest mining company and the world's number-one producer of iron ore. Within Brazil, it produces 80% of the ore for export. In 2017, its revenue totalled $34bn (£26bn; € ...
Third mine disaster in a decade tests ESG boundaries in Brazil
Investors were swift to dump debt of Braskem SA after the Brazilian petrochemicals maker's salt mine partially collapsed in December — a situation that has forced tens of thousands to evacuate ...
Vale, BHP Offer $25B Settlement for Mining Disaster, but Brazil …
The dam collapse at the Samarco iron ore mine near the town of Mariana in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais caused a vast flow of mud and mining waste that buried a nearby village ...
(PDF) The Rio Doce Mining Disaster in Brazil: between …
Recent studies have traced affective responses to corporate management and state interventions in the wake of industrial disaster in Brazil. Zhouri et al. (2017), for example, analysed the ...
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Brazil's worst mining disaster: Corporations must …
We estimate that at least 126 mining dams in Brazil are vulnerable to failure in the forthcoming years. Any such event could have severe social-environmental consequences, underscoring the need for …
Scientists now know how the Brumadinho dam disaster …
In January 2019, a dam holding back mining sludge at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, collapsed. Around 10 million cubic meters (2.6 billion gallons) of ...
Brazil's Mining Disaster Worst in History | The Inertia
Samarco is owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale and an Australian company called BHP Billiton. They've agreed to pay $260 million as compensation, but putting a dollar figure on a disaster ...
A decade-long silent ground subsidence hazard culminating …
Scientific Reports - A decade-long silent ground subsidence hazard culminating in a metropolitan disaster in Maceió, Brazil. ... or via construction dewatering 8 and underground mining 9,10,11. ...
Samarco dam disaster: dealing with the fallout of a tragedy
Samarco dam disaster: dealing with the fallout of a tragedy. In 2015, a dam collapse at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil killed 19 people and devastated the Doce River valley. Three years on, a class action suit has been launched against BHP, which co-owns Samaco with Vale, claiming leadership failed to take action to prevent …
Vale: 'Several years' to recover from Brazil mine disaster
Mufulira Mine tailings disaster in Zambia in 89 killed,Harmony Gold, Merriesspruit,South Africa in 1994, 17 killed,Aberfan disaster in Wales,in 1966, 100 school children are buried alive.The list ...
Samarco dam disaster: dealing with the fallout of a tragedy
In 2015, a dam collapse at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil killed 19 people and devastated the Doce River valley. Three years on, a class action suit has …