Brazil’s Lula slams miner Vale over 2019 Brumadinho disaster
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday criticized mining giant Vale for “not having done anything to repair the destruction” caused by the collapse of a tailings dam in Brumadinho in 2019.
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Vale, Tüv Süd and 16 people become defendants for the Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - The Brazilian Federal Court has accepted the complaint filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against 16 people and the companies Vale and Tüv Süd for the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão dam in Brumadinho.
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Vale settles $630m in cases related to Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday that individual settlements related to the Brumadinho dam disaster reached over 3 billion reais ($629.92 million) so far, roughly three years after the incident.
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Vale negotiating funds for state in Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - Iron ore miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) and the government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state are negotiating an agreement to settle damage claims stemming from the 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster involving the injection of billions of reais into funds to be managed by the state government.
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