Four years after the disaster, another of these so-called tailings dams operated by Vale ruptured and collapsed in the nearby Brumadinho township ... victims affected by dam disasters in Brazil ...

The disaster significantly poisoned local waterways ... Prosecutors contended the company knew the dam in Brumadinho had been at risk of collapse since at least November 2017.

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of ...

the DCE safety certification for the Sul Superior dam was abruptly declared canceled at a meeting on Feb. 7, 2019 — 13 days after the Brumadinho disaster. “At the time, the ANM, SEMAD ...

After a recent dam disaster, Nigerian officials blamed God, climate change and poor people. But experts had warned the dam was at risk well before it collapsed. The officials did nothing.

Why it matters: Iron ore production of 91 million metric tons was the highest since the fourth quarter of 2018, just before the Brumadinho dam disaster, which led regulators to require Vale take ...

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could ...