Chile battles forest fires in deadliest disaster in 14 years
Authorities in Chile’s Valparaiso region extended stay-at-home orders as forest fires continue to rage into Sunday. At least 99 people have been killed in the country’s deadliest disaster since a massive earthquake in 2010.
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Brazil’s Lula slams miner Vale over 2019 Brumadinho disaster
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday criticized mining giant Vale for “not having done anything to repair the destruction” caused by the collapse of a tailings dam in Brumadinho in 2019.
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British court rejects Vale’s appeal in billion-dollar action for Mariana disaster
Mining News Pro -A British court rejected on Friday Vale’s appeal against the inclusion of the company in a lawsuit worth at least $46 billion against Vale, Samarco and BHP due to the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, in 2015.
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Vale, Tüv Süd and 16 people become defendants for the Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - The Brazilian Federal Court has accepted the complaint filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against 16 people and the companies Vale and Tüv Süd for the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão dam in Brumadinho.
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Climate disasters risk putting a damper on electric car making
Mining News Pro - Automakers racing to make more electric vehicles have a problem: climate change is catching up with the industry.
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Vale fined $17m for Brumadinho tailings dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazilian miner Vale SA was fined after the country’s comptroller general decided the firm failed to present reliable information on the conditions of its Brumadinho tailings dam prior to a 2019 disaster, the company said on Monday.
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Nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine is ‘real risk
Mining News Pro - Ukrainian officials said Russian forces shelled the area around Europe’s largest nuclear plant for a second day, hours after the head of the UN’s atomic safety agency warned of “potentially catastrophic consequences.”
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Contaminants affect invertebrates years after Mount Polley mine disaster
Mining News Pro - As Imperial Metals is making efforts to reopen its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia, Canada, a recent study shows that contaminants from the tailings dam breach that took place at the operation in 2014 have been affecting local fauna for years.
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How plants support remediation efforts in areas affected by Fundão dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the São Paulo Research Foundation are proposing a phytoremediation technique for the rehabilitation of water and soil contaminated by environmental disasters such as tailings dams breaches.
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Vale settles $630m in cases related to Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday that individual settlements related to the Brumadinho dam disaster reached over 3 billion reais ($629.92 million) so far, roughly three years after the incident.
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Harsh disasters in the past year in mining section
Mining News Pro - In the past year, mining sector has faced with different disasters which killed many people and it seems that the mining should have a review in the safety sections.
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New Zealand police finds human remains 11 years after mine disaster
Mining News Pro - Human remains have been discovered at the site of one of New Zealand’s worst mining disasters more than a decade after the explosion that trapped and killed 29 men.
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Damage from Brazil’s Samarco disaster at least $6.7bn, study says
Mining News Pro - The “socio-environmental” damage brought about by the 2015 rupture of a tailings dam in Brazil owned by miner Samarco is between 37.6 billion reais ($6.73 billion) and 60.6 billion reais, according to a study done by a company contracted by prosecutors to measure the costs of the disaster.
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Brazil prosecutors seek $457 million from Vale, Samarco, BHP for dam disaster
Mining News Pro - State prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais have filed a lawsuit seeking 2.5 billion reais ($457 million) from miners Vale, Samarco and BHP related to a tailings dam disaster in 2015, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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Brazil prosecutors seek final settlement over Samarco dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Federal prosecutors in Brazil are seeking a definitive settlement with miner Samarco and it's shareholders, BHP Group and Vale, for damages caused by the rupture of a tailings dam in 2015, the lead prosecutor said.
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Vale extends settlement talks over mining disaster for 15 days
Mining News Pro - Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale said on Friday that it had extended talks with the Minas Gerais state government for 15 days.
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Vale negotiating funds for state in Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - Iron ore miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) and the government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state are negotiating an agreement to settle damage claims stemming from the 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster involving the injection of billions of reais into funds to be managed by the state government.
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Vale ends meeting without dam burst disaster settlement
Mining News Pro - A hearing between Brazilian miner Vale SA and the government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state ended on Tuesday without the two sides agreeing on a settlement over a Jan. 2019 disaster in which a Vale dam burst and killed 270 people.
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Brazil prosecutors accuse BHP, Vale of colluding to reduce payouts to disaster victims
Mining News Pro - Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims of a fatal dam collapse and interfere with a landmark lawsuit against BHP in the UK.
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Miners’ response to Brazil dam disaster still weak
Mining News Pro - More than a year after the tailings disaster at Vale’s Brazil Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine that killed 270 people, the mining industry is still slow on adopting changes needed to prevent similar catastrophes, a new study shows.
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Brazil to announce new charges against Vale for mine disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazilian state prosecutors will announce a complaint against Vale SA, a contractor and 16 individuals for crimes related to the massive dam collapse that killed more than 250 people in Brazil last January.
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Ex-Vale CEO charged with homicide for Brazil dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Vale SA’s former chief executive officer was charged with homicide for the massive dam collapse that killed more than 250 people in Brazil last January.
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Brazil prosecutor aims to charge Vale within days over tailings dam disaster
Mining News Pro - A Brazilian state prosecutor expects to bring criminal charges “in the next few days” against Vale SA over the mining waste dam collapse that killed at least 259 people, even as the prosecutor’s federal counterpart continues to investigate the case.
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Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’
Mining News Pro - State prosecutors in Brazil have identified cracks in a tailings dam owned by iron ore mining company Vale SA and have asked the firm to hire an independent auditor to look in to the matter, a television station reported on Friday night.
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Two members of Vale’s board step down in connection to deadly dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore miner, announced on Monday the resignation of two board members in relation to a dam burst that killed more than 250 people in January, the second one of its kinds affecting the company’s operations in less than four years.
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