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, 2016Topic
Samarco
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
Billion-Dollar Suit Filed by Brazil Against Samarco, BHP, Vale
Companies will have to recover all the degraded areas left behind from dam collapses.
November 30, 2015
Samarco’s Toxic Mud Reaches Atlantic Ocean in Brazil
More than sixty million cubic meters of contaminated residues made their way down the Rio Doce River killing fauna and...
November 24, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Sea of Mud, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This week, how not to write about the sea of mud?...
November 20, 2015
Rousseff Announces Plan to Recover Rio Doce in Brazil
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil announced on Tuesday a plan for the recovery of the Rio Doce Basin, affected by...
November 18, 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