Vale, BHP Ordered to Pay $9.7 Billion for 2015 Brazilian Dam Disaster January 29, 2024 By Mariana Durao Vale SA, BHP Group and their Samarco iron ore venture must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.7 billion) in compensation for...
SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over ‘False and Misleading’ Dam Claims April 28, 2022 By Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale SA for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures...
Final Settlement for Brazil’s Samarco Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 B, Governor Says 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...
Vale to Pay $7 Billion for One of Worst Ever Mine Disasters February 5, 2021 By James Attwood Vale SA reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to...
Brazil Prosecutors Ask Court to Remove Vale Managers Over Safety Concerns September 3, 2020 By Sabrina Valle and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state are seeking a court order for miner Vale SA...
Miners Need More Engineers to Meet New Tailings Dam Safety Standard August 5, 2020 By By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis JOHANNESBURG/TORONTO — Mining companies need more skilled engineers if they are to meet strict new global safety standards for tailings...
Global Tailings Dam Standards Fall Short of Changes Sought by Civil Society Groups June 25, 2020 By Jeff Lewis TORONTO–A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures...
Vale Report Blames Water Level for Brazil Mining Waste Dam Disaster December 13, 2019 By Christian Plumb and Luciano Costa SAO PAULO — The deadly collapse of a Vale SA’s mining waste dam in Brazil was partially triggered by “a...