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.

16 October 2018

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