26
Jan
10:46
Vale tailings' dam breach in Brazil causes casualties
Only 3 years after a tailings dam operated by Vale’s joint venture operation Samarco collapsed in Minas Gerais, Brazil a similar event has occurred in the region. This time the dam is one controlled by Vale itself at the Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, also in Minas Gerais. The rupture in the dam occurred in the early afternoon on Friday 25 January.
The latest reports are showing a death toll of 34 people with a further 300 unaccounted …
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