Oct. 26 (UPI) --Two international mining corporations have finalized a $30 billion settlement with the Brazilian government over a deadly dam collapse in 2015 that remains the worst environmental ...

Recent research shows how mining companies in Brazil are artificially inflating risk levels for some dams holding mining waste in an effort to scare residents into moving out of the area. This ...

Brazilian mining giant Vale said Tuesday its iron-ore production plunged in 2019, calling it "the most challenging year of its history" after a dam collapse at one of its mines killed 270 people. Vale ...

(RTTNews) - In light of recent press articles regarding the negotiations for a definitive settlement related to the Fundao dam collapse in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Vale S.A. (VALE) confirmed ...

Vale (VALE) said that Samarco, BHP Billiton Brasil (BHP) and Vale, together with the Brazilian Federal Government, the State Governments of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo, the Federal and State ...

A rescue worker touches the face of a horse as they try to save it at Bento Rodrigues district, witch was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst in Mariana LONDON ...

Brazillian mining company Vale (NYSE:VALE) has estimated the fines and compensation costs related to the 2015 Samarco dam collapse at $30 billion. The settlement under discussion would cover past and ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - Chinese steel mills may be forced to modify the way they operate as a result of lower availability of higher grades of iron ore after the collapse of a dam at a mine ...

(Reuters) -Mining giant BHP said on Friday it had reached a deal with Brazilian peer Vale to split equally the cost of any damages related to proceedings in Britain over a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil's worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for "trying to derail" a ...