Minas Gerais: 3 of 4

MANAGEMENT

ArcelorMittal widens safety zone around Serra Azul

More families moved away from ongoing mudslide danger area in Brazil

10 July 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Inmarsat signs MoU with Minas Gerais government

The MoU will explore the potential of IoT solutions for monitoring tailings dams in the region

29 May 2019

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale gives dam warning

Vale has identified movement at the northern slope of a pit at the Gongo Soco mine in Minas Gerais

17 May 2019

MANAGEMENT

Vale's Brucutu gearing back up following dam burst

Brazilian operation had been idled since February

23 April 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

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

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

Brazil Minerals completes fleet

Brazil Minerals has acquired the last items needed to have its own initial complete fleet

11 February 2015

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