Brazil: 7 of 14
ENVIRONMENT
Three more tailings dam failures predicted for this decade
Research points to 14 serious failures and so far there have been 11 in this decade.
12 February 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Vale makes force majeure call
Vale has stopped its operations still using upstream method dams.
07 February 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Vale's clarifies tailings dam decision
Had already decommissioned nine by the time the Brumadinho disaster occurred last month.
01 February 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Vale decommissioning upstream tailings dams
Estimated to take three years and will stop production of 40 million tonnes per annum.
30 January 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Government mulls Vale sanctions
Miner offering to pay 100,000 Brazilian real to the families of each victim.
29 January 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Death toll in Brumadinho dam collapse hits 60
Company working on plan to improve the safety of its tailings dams.
29 January 2019
SURFACE
Iron outcomes for Rio Tinto in Australia
Pilbara iron ore production up 2% year on year and bauxite production remaining strong.
18 January 2019
TECHNOLOGY
Auto trains progressing at Rio Tinto
AutoHaul on track to be fully implemented by year's end.
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