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Brazil state prosecutor’s office MPMG announces charges over Brumadinho disaster
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Murder charges for 16 people connected to Brumadinho disaster

State prosecutors in Brazil have charged 16 people with murder and environmental crimes

22 January 2020

The march started in Belo Horizonte. Photo: João Alkmim and Filipe Chaves
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

March in Brazil to mark year since fatal dam collapse

More than 350 people are expected to march 300km from Belo Horizonte to Brumadinho for anniversary

21 January 2020

Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman has stepped down temporarily
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Schvartsman steps down as Vale CEO

Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman has stepped down in the wake of the deadly Brumadinho tailings disaster

04 March 2019

Activities have been suspended at Vale's Vargem Grande complex
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale suspends operations at Fábrica and Vargem Grande

Brazil's National Mining Agency has ordered the immediate suspension of activities at the complexes

22 February 2019

The breach of the tailings dam at Vale's Córrego do Feijão mine occurred on January 25
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale evacuates people near Mar Azul mine

Preventative measure due to uncertainty over upstream tailings dam

18 February 2019

Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman flies over Brumadinho after the tailings dam breach at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Communities evacuated in Minas Gerais as a precaution

Vale and ArcelorMittal are both evacuating communities near upstream tailings dams in Minas Gerais

08 February 2019

The breach of the tailings dam at Vale's Córrego do Feijão mine occurred on January 25
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

"The dam collapsed so fast that the sludge engulfed the alarms"

Vale's Fabio Schvartsman gave a press conference after a meeting with Brazil's prosecutor general

01 February 2019

This is the second tailings dam failure at a Vale site in the state of Minas Gerais in recent years
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale to decommission upstream tailings dams

Vale has announced that it will decommission all its tailings dams built using the upstream method

31 January 2019

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