Brazilian Officials to Verify Indigenous Land Invasions in Amazon
Brazilian minister, General Santos Cruz, and Funai President, Franklimberg de Freitas, will visit region of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant...
March 11, 2019Topic
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Brazil’s City of Mariana Refuses to Withdraw UK Samarco Lawsuit
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The city of Mariana (MG) will not withdraw the...
November 19, 2018
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
Belo Monte Dam Operator in Brazil Ordered to Pay Damages
Norte Energia has been ordered to pay R$15 million for moral damages caused to the population who lives in the...
June 10, 2016
Samarco, Vale, BHP to Pay R$155B for Dam Burst in Brazil
Prosecutors say assessment of damage in 2015 dam burst is not yet complete, but comparable to 2010 Gulf of Mexico...
May 4, 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
Brazil’s Samarco Dam Mud Spill Grows in Atlantic Ocean
The size of the mud spill from the dam disaster has tripled in size along the coastline of Espirito Santo...
January 7, 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