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• Brazil police recommend homicide, pollution charges against Vale for 2019 dam collapse

  The burst killed 270 people and caused extensive environmental damage and has prompted several parallel investigations into the miner and the inspection company.

  World

  Nov 26, 2021
  
• Vale CEO and other execs resign month after Brazil dam collapse

  The resignations came after documents emerged in recent weeks showing that Vale knew it had an elevated risk of rupture and that inspectors felt they were under pressure to certify the structure as safe.

  World

  Mar 2, 2019
  
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• Lax regulations made Brazil dam collapse all but inevitable

  Three years after the 2015 dam rupture in Mariana that killed 19 people, industry regulations have gotten less, not more, rigorous in Minas Gerais state.

  World

  Feb 2, 2019
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• Video captures deadly Brazil dam burst, and rolling mass of mine waste that flowed in its wake

  The Brazil dam collapse left as many as 115 people dead, according to the most recent count.

  World

  Feb 1, 2019
• Search for survivors resumes in Brazil dam collapse that killed 58

  Brazilian officials on Sunday resumed the search for hundreds of missing people in the wake of a massive dam collapse.

  World

  Jan 27, 2019
• Dam collapse in Brazil leaves 7 dead, 200 missing, floods city with mining waste

  A dam belonging to miner Vale SA ruptured on Friday in Brazil, pouring out mud into the surrounding area and leading local residents to be evacuated.

  World

  Jan 25, 2019