Brazil’s Samarco Gets Extension to Settle Dam Spill Damages
Courts gave Samarco, Vale and BHP until end of June to reach agreement on R$155 billion lawsuit for 2015 dam...
April 23, 2018Topic
BHP
Billion-Dollar Suit Against Vale, BHP Dismissed in Brazil
Thousands of civil suits have been filed against the three companies due to damages caused by the mining accident.
June 14, 2016
Brazil’s Samarco to Pay R$4.4B for Recovery of River Basin
The Rio Doce Basin contamination occurred after tons of toxic water and mud spilled into the river with the collapse...
February 28, 2016
Seven Samarco Executives Charged With Homicide in Brazil
Seven have been charged with homicide in connection to the collapse of the Samarco dam in Mariana in November 2015...
February 24, 2016
Federal Judge Orders Freeze on BHP and Vale Assets in Brazil
For the judge Vale and BHP are as responsible as Samarco for dam accident that killed 13 and caused the...
December 21, 2015
Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Samarco, Vale and BHP in Brazil
Dam accident last month in Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, killed at least thirteen people and caused the...
December 11, 2015
Brazil’s President Rousseff to Visit Dam Accident Site
The government's IBAMA agency is expected to fine Samarco R$100 million for environmental damages.
November 12, 2015
Hope Fading on Finding Missing From Brazil’s Dam Break
Officially, three people were reported dead and 26 persons are still missing in the area where two dams broke last...
November 9, 2015
Dams Break in Brazil Flooding Town in Minas Gerais
Rescue workers race to find survivors trapped under tons of mud after two dams gave way in the municipality of...
November 6, 2015