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, 2016Topic
Vale
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
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
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
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