disaster: 2 of 3
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
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL
65 dead, hundreds missing after another Vale dam collapse
Vale announced on January 25 a tailings dam near its Feijão iron ore mine had suffered a "breach"
28 January 2019
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL
Steps taken towards Samarco settlement
Vale and BHP sign agreement with Brazilian authorities regarding the Samarco tailings dam failure
28 June 2018
BASE METALS
BHP approves financial support for Samarco
BHP has approved US$250 million in financial support for the Renova Foundation and Samarco Mineração
03 July 2017
ENVIRONMENT
US mining deaths drop to new low
Data released by the MSHA indicates that US mining deaths drop to another new low in 2016
04 January 2017
MINING THE PAST
The disaster at Levant
On October 20, 1919, there was a serious accident at the Levant tin and copper mine in Cornwall
13 December 2016
MANAGEMENT
Samarco investigation report published
A panel has published its findings into the immediate causes of the failure of the Fundão tailings dam
30 August 2016
MANAGEMENT
BHP announces $1.3 billion provision for Samarco
BHP Billiton will recognise a provision in the range of US$1.1 billion to US$1.3 billion to cover costs
01 August 2016
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