Brazil Mining Agency to Hire More Inspectors, Allowing Annual Checks on Tailings Dams
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January 29, 2021Topic
Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte Tightens Quarantine Again; Businesses Threaten Boycott
Faced with the growing number of cases and hospitalizations after end-of-year parties, the Mayor of the capital of Minas Gerais...
January 12, 2021
Northern Slope of Brazilian Mine Starts to Crumble But no Rupture of Dam
After months of anticipation, fragments of the northern slope of the Gongo Soco Mine in Barão de Cocais have broken...
May 31, 2019
Horse-riders Travel from Minas Gerais to Brasília for Anniversary of Brazil’s Capital
This past Sunday, April 21st, a group of horse-riders known as the 12ª Cavalgada Portal Minas/Distrito Federal marched along the...
April 22, 2019
City in Minas Gerais Given Holiday to Train For Evacuation
Residents of Barão do Cocais, in the state of Minas Gerais were given a local holiday on Monday (March 25th)...
March 25, 2019
Mining Giant Vale Fined Over R$11B for Dam Burst in Brazil
In the wake of the Brumadinho dam disaster and while firefighters are still looking for more than 300 people missing...
January 28, 2019
Vale Sounds New Alarm to Evacuate More of Devastated Brazilian Town
In the early hours of Sunday, warning sirens were once again issued by mining giant Vale around the town of...
January 27, 2019
Brazil to See 13 States and Brasília Hold Second Round Governor Elections
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For governor candidates in thirteen states and the Federal District...
October 8, 2018
Brazil Independence Day Weekend Injects R$4.9 Billion into Economy
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Positive news from Brazil's Ministry of Tourism was just released...
September 10, 2018