Brazil's collapsed dam was certified 'stable'

Vale's dangerous dams in Brazil - Reuters

MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL · Faced with public outrage after its second mining dam collapse in four years killed at least 240 people in Brazil, Vale SA ...

A dam collapse in Brazil has some worried about PolyMet's plans ...

In January, the tailings dam at a Brazilian iron ore mine collapsed, killing nearly 250 people. The wave of toxic waste and mud also wrecked ...

Deadly dam failures: Cause, effect and prevention – DW – 05/03/2024

No dam is flood-proof, as flooding after days of heavy rains in southern Brazil has shown. But dam failure needn't be deadly.

As 2nd Brazil Dam Threatens to Collapse, Death Toll Rises to 58

The Brumadinho dam has been inactive for three years and had been certified as stable as recently as this past December. Image. Members of a ...

37 Dead After Brazil Dam Collapses, with Hundreds Still Missing

The 280-foot dam — owned by Brazil's largest mining company, Vale SA — burst suddenly on Friday, causing massive damage as the city of ...

Inhotim arts centre reopens in wake of deadly Brazilian dam collapse

Following the catastrophic collapse on 25 January of a mining dam Córrego do Feijão in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, the neighbouring arts centre ...

Assessing and managing safety risks to downstream communities ...

But sometimes EIA can fail, as illustrated the collapse of the Brazilian tailings dams Fundão and B1, in 2015 and 2019 respectively. Despite having gone through ...

The Brumadinho tailings dam failure (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in Brazil that collapsed in January and killed at least 165 people had a heightened ...

The slip surface mechanism of delayed failure of the Brumadinho ...

The 2019 Feijão dam failure in Brumadinho, Brazil, claimed 270 lives ... unstable propagation leading to the collapse of the dam.

CEO and execs charged with homicide in Samarco dam collapse in ...

On November 5, 2015, a Samarco tailings dam burst in Minas Gerais state, causing an avalanche of 2.2 billion cubic feet of mud and mine ...

Could the Brazilian dam collapse have been predicted with satellite ...

The high-profile catastrophe took place on 25 January 2019 at a tailings dam near the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, close to the town of ...

AcciMap analysis of successive tailings dam collapses in Brazil

The use of dams worldwide is a primary method for storing waste from mining operations, controlling flooding, and generating renewable energy. Dams which store ...

Mariana Mining Dam Collapse: Brazil's worst environmental disaster ...

At 3.45pm on 5 November 2015 a huge tailings dam operated by Brazilian mining company Samarco collapsed and a tidal wave of 32 to 40 milion ...

Tailings Dam Failure - PolyMet Mine - WaterLegacy

The same design: DNR approved an upstream design for PolyMet's tailings dam. · The same consulting engineer: PolyMet and the owner of the collapsed Brazilian dam ...

Activists commemorate Brumadinho dam collapse in die-in

In January 2019, a dam burst at an iron ore mine near the small Brazilian town of Brumadinho, killing 272 people. Toxic sludge contaminated large sections of ...

As 2nd Brazil Dam Threatens to Collapse, Death Toll Rises to 58

Sirens sounded before dawn, set off by heavy rains and dangerously high water levels at a dam at an iron ore complex owned by the Brazilian mining giant Vale ...

Vale finds surface cracks in Brazil's Forquilha III dam

The company has said that the dam, which is at emergency level three, the highest for Vale's dams, remains stable. ... Vale stated that the dam is ...

Vale chief steps down over deadly dam collapse in Brazil

Several Vale employees and workers at German company Tüv Süd, which certified the dam as stable, have already been arrested by prosecutors in ...

Brazil Miner Vale to Pay $56M to Settle SEC Charges Related to ...

A Vale dam in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho burst in January 2019, unleashing a river of toxic mining waste that crushed a dining hall and ...

The 'Mr Bates of Brazil' leading thousands in fight for justice after ...

“BHP approved this arrangement even though it was unsafe,” said ... Brazilian partner and son when the dam collapsed. He said: “On day ...