Vale Workers at Brumadinho Want R$5 Billion in Compensation
Representatives of workers who were victims of the break of the Feijão Dam, in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, owned by mining...
April 12, 2019Topic
Brumadinho
Vale’s CEO is Removed From Post After Brumadinho Tragedy
Vale's president, Fabio Schvartsman, and three directors of the Brazilian mining giant were temporarily removed from the company’s administration on...
March 4, 2019
Month After Brumadinho Dam Tragedy, 131 Still Missing
Exactly one month after Brazil’s most deadly mining disasters, firefighters and volunteers still search for at least 131 people still...
February 25, 2019
Opinion: Brazil’s Brumadinho is Vale’s Worst Nightmare
Brumadinho is a municipality south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, where some 12 million cubic meters of...
February 25, 2019
International Entities Want to Exclude Vale From UN Global Pact Group
International human rights and environmental organizations urged the United Nations this week to exclude Vale from the Global Pact initiative,...
February 14, 2019
Brazil’s Fiocruz Warns of Possible Health Problems for Dam Victims
Researchers from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) warned on Tuesday of the possibility of aggravation of chronic diseases in the...
February 6, 2019
Brazil’s Mining Agency Wants Daily Inspections on Dams
As the death toll of the Córrego do Feijão (Brumadinho) mine tragedy rises to 134 persons, Brazil’s National Mining Agency...
February 5, 2019
Five People Linked to Vale’s Dam Collapse Arrested in Brazil
Three Vale employees responsible for the licensing of the dam that broke in Brumadinho and two engineers from a partner...
January 29, 2019
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro Undergoes New Surgery
Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, is undergoing surgery on Monday to remove a colostomy bag and reconstruct his intestinal tract. This...
January 28, 2019