The Brazilian Government has reacted to the latest Vale Feijiao upstream tailings dam disaster by prohibiting upstream tailings dams. In the body count, 169 people are confirmed dead and many more...
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A mine in New South Wales’s far-west has been shut down temporarily after the NSW Resources Regulator suspended the titleholder’s mining lease. The suspension follows the discovery of breaches the...
A Professor of Geomechanics has stated that the safety of Western Australia’s tailings dams is managed well through design and regulation. University of Queensland Professor David Williams told...
A global foundation created to monitor and measure practices of mining companies has issued a statement in response to Vale’s Córrego do Feijão (Brumadinho) tailings dam disaster highlighting...
Vale has been officially removed from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark following the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse. It had previously ranked in 6th place. “The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark...
A tailings dam risk assessment completed by Vale in 2016 indicated the loss/impact of the tailings dam collapse as high but the likelihood to occur as low. The assessment was believed to be completed...
The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster fallout is increasing in intensity with approximately USD 3 Billion of Vale’s assets frozen by Brazilian Government authorities. Information from the...
In a surprise statement, the Vale Chief Executive Officer has spoken out on the Corrego do Feijao mine tailings dam disaster. He told a press conference that there were 300 contractors and employees...
UPDATED 27/1 17:08 The death toll from the collapse of a Vale tailings dam collapse in Brazil has risen to 40 (from 34 AM 27/1) with hundreds still missing. Vale has confirmed that as of this...
A Vale tailings dam has collapsed leaving nine dead and 200 hundred people missing in Brumadinho, South-Eastern Brazil. The incident is reminiscent of the tragic Samarco incident which resulted in 19...
When it comes to safety and responsibly managing waste from mining operations, cyanide has been an ongoing concern for many years. Australia’s CSIRO has developed new initiatives to minimise...
Whether it’s investigating the ways soil biology affects agricultural production or using satellite data to measure melting polar icecaps in Antarctica, the environmental focus for finalists in the...
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