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SAFETY
Extreme weather kills artisan miners in Indonesia, state struggles to regulate sector
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08 July 2024
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
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
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
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
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL
Vale evacuates people near Mar Azul mine
Preventative measure due to uncertainty over upstream tailings dam
18 February 2019
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
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
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