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
Vale
Oil Giant Petrobras Was Most Profitable Company in Brazil in 2018
Petrobras was the most profitable company in 2018, with a reported profit of R$25.8 billion, according to a survey conducted...
April 4, 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
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
Vale to Shut Down Dams and Reduce Production in Brazil
Brazil’s mining giant announced on Tuesday that the company will eliminate ten dams similar to the one which caused the...
January 30, 2019