Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, ...

“Brumadinho was the biggest environmental and human disaster in the history of Brazil, but it brought a historic milestone in dam safety,” says Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto, a public ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul ... Torrents of brown water poured over a nearby dam. On Saturday evening, residents in the town of Canoas stood up ...

Residents of Porto Alegre, Brazil, wade through knee-deep water on a flooded street. Home to WRI Brasil, the city is shaken ...

Brazil's government demands immediate $15.73B payment from Vale, BHP, and Samarco for 2015 dam collapse while threatening ...

Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that Vale (NYSE:VALE), BHP (BHP) and their Samarco ...

In late 2015, the collapse of the dam, near the town of Mariana, Minas Gerais, at the Samarco iron ore mine, caused a vast flow of mud and toxic mining waste that buried a nearby village ...

Brazil States Ask Court to Double What Vale, BHP Should Pay for Dam Burst By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, must pay in damages for a 2015 deadly tailings dam ...

In January, a Brazilian federal judge ruled that Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais in damages for the dam burst, a preliminary decision which prompted Vale and ...