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Dam woes dog Vale

BRAZILIAN iron ore major Vale has closed 14 more upstream dams after they failed to meet safety requirements and certification.

Mud sticks on cattle in Brumadinho after the January 25 dam collapse.

Mud sticks on cattle in Brumadinho after the January 25 dam collapse.

The closures follow last week's mass evacuations of towns and villages in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais due to fears the South Superior dam at the Gongo Soco mine would collapse like...

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