Multinational resources companies were urged to settle multi-billion debts in relation to a catastrophic failure. BHP, Vale and their Samarco joint venture should pay compensation for the 2015...
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A multinational mining company is set to acquire five operations from a rival. BHP recently received approval to start working on its proposed $9.6 billion takeover offer for OZ Minerals (OZL)...
Amarillo Gold Corporation has selected Metso Outotec’s modular FIT™ Station for its Posse Gold greenfield mining project in the state of Goiás in central Brazil. The new game-changing crushing...
WEG, offers modern and efficient solutions for the most diverse segments and applications, supplied to the mining company Vale Verde, located in the state of Alagoas – Brazil, two M Mining slip...
Some of the world’s biggest engineering structures are Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) and one of the greatest risks for mine owners, and the communities and environments in which they operate is...
A protest has occurred at Vale’s nickel mining site in New Caledonia resulting in the site being evacuated and military protection being established on the mine’s perimeter. The protest...
Two people have been hospitalised in a tailings dam failure at a Brazil Gold mine. Brazil’s mining regulator confirmed in a statement that a 15m high dam had ruptured at Mato Grosso state, with...
Vale has confirmed that three additional tailings dam have not met standards in respect of tailings dam safety and have raised the alert levels causing the evacuation of communities. According to...
BHP Billiton has said it was unlikely the Samarco iron ore mine would reopen, after the tragic events in November 2015 when two dam bursts. “Samarco makes an important contribution to the...
The Brazilian Government intends to sue Samarco, Vale and BHP for $7.2b for clean-up costs and damages after dams collapsed at their iron ore operation in Minas Gerais killing 13 people. According to...
