Mariana dam disaster victims, from right, Pamela Fernandes, Gelvana Rodrigues, Monica dos Santos and former interim mayor of Mariana, Juliano Duarte, holding a banner outside the High Court, in London ...

Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago that killed at least 166 people and left 147 missing, presumed ...

BHP is hunting for a million tonnes of rock to reinforce an ageing tailings dam that the company admits does not meet global ...

Despite two major deadly mining disasters since 2015, Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA has not complied with a number of commitments signed with authorities to prevent a third disaster, federal ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all ...

The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 134 deaths after more than a week of searches, and 199 missing, authorities said Monday. Emergency services admit that not all ...

Roughly 150 demonstrators staged a sit-in at Brazilian miner Vale's administrative building in the town of Brumadinho on Thursday to protest their treatment nearly two years after a deadly mining ...

LONDON — A lawyer argued Thursday that global mining giant BHP Group should be held liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster 10 years ago when a dam collapse poured tons of toxic mining waste ...

Criminal proceedings are set to start following the failure of the Jagersfontein fine tailings storage facility, in the Kopanong local municipality, in the Free State, on September 11, 2022. The ...

The lawsuit also names several regulatory officials. Billionaire gold mining tycoon under fire for alleged role in catastrophic disaster: 'Enough' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Mining is essential to modern lifestyles. Copper, iron and other mined products are vital to the products many people take for granted, like electronic devices. Being able to buy these goods quite ...

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