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

Fabio Schvartsman, CEO of Vale, gave a press conference on January 31 following a meeting with Brazil's prosecutor general Raquel Dodge

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

The meeting between Schvartsman and Dodge was to discuss extrajudicial compensation for the victims and family members affected by the

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