Brazil's collapsed dam was certified 'stable'

Brazil's collapsed dam was certified 'stable' - CNN

Brazil's Brumadinho dam was certified 'stable' weeks before it collapsed ... In just over three years, two dams have collapsed in the same ...

How German firm approved Brazil dam before it burst - BBC

Six months after a deadly dam collapse in Brazil, new evidence has emerged that suggests the disaster could have been prevented. Investigators ...

Vale and the Brumadinho dam collapse - Public Eye

Brazilian authorities say they discovered that Vale had hired the Brazilian division of Tractebel, a subsidiary of French giant Engie, to certify the stability ...

SEC Sues Vale on Dam Disaster - Radical Compliance

The dam collapse on Jan. 25, 2019, erased more than $4 billion in Vale's market capitalization, although that's small beer compared to the awful ...

Deadly dam collapse in Brazil: Are German companies responsible?

The toxic sludge polluted large sections of the Paraopeba River, poisoning thousands of people's drinking water. Just four months earlier, German auditor TÜV ...

Brumadinho dam collapse: The danger emerged after the ...

In 2019, the tailings dam at a Brazilian iron ore mine failed ... Shortly before the accident, the latter had certified that the dam was ...

Brazilian Mining Company to Pay $55.9 Million to Settle Charges ...

... Dam Collapse. For Immediate Release. 2023-63. Washington D.C. ... dams were certified as stable. "Our action against Vale illustrates ...

SEC Brings Enforcement to Tragedy: Asserts Failed ESG Disclosure ...

[Note 1]. Upstream tailing dams are now banned in Brazil. On Jan. 25, 2019, Vale's ore mining operations were not immediately adjacent to the Dam, and Vale ...

BHP 'doggedly trying to avoid' responsibility for Brazil dam disaster ...

... dam's stability was compromised or that its senior staff “approved matters which caused the collapse”. It writes: “The BHP Brasil-appointed ...

Brumadinho dam disaster - Wikipedia

The dam, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is owned by the mining company Vale, which was also involved in the Mariana ...

Vale knew Brazil dam was unstable more than a decade before ...

Last year, Dam 1 of the Córrego do Feijão mine – also known as B1 – located near Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collapsed and released a ...

Brazil's Vale Vowed 'Never Again.' Then Another Dam Collapsed.

The latest mining disaster took 270 lives and followed years of executive focus on trying to build the company into the largest in its industry.

Brumadinho dam disaster victims demand justice from TÜV SÜD

Before the collapse, there were clear warnings about the dam's stability however operations continued after TÜV SÜD's subsidiary certified the ...

BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in Brazil)

Snapshot: In 2015, two mining dams operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, collapsed in Brazil. This led to multiple lawsuits being ...

The Brazilian Dam Collapse and the German TÜV – Approved to Fail?

In November 2015, a dam burst in the city of Mariana in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil and the following mudslide caused the deaths of 19 ...

Brazil closes 47 unsafe mining dams - IndustriALL Global Union

Brazil has ordered the immediate closure of 47 tailings dams as their stability could not be certified ... dams collapsed in just four years. In 2015, 19 ...

Vale will pay nearly $7 billion over Brazilian dam collapse ... - CNN

Vale has agreed to pay nearly $7 billion in compensation after a dam collapsed at one of its mines in Brazil two years ago, killing 270 people.

Germany's TÜV Süd "shirking responsibility" over 2019 Brazil dam ...

German industrial inspector TÜV Süd was on Tuesday accused of evading its responsibilities over its alleged role in the 2019 deadly collapse ...

TÜV SÜD's role in the Brumadinho dam failure in Brazil - ECCHR

In fact, in an inspection, TÜV SÜD's Brazilian employees found that the dam failed to meet the necessary stability factor, which would prevent ...

Brumadinho dam collapse: 'Little hope' of finding missing in Brazil

Nearly 300 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say.