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BHP head back to Minas Gerais

THE 50:50 Samarco joint venture between Vale and BHP has been cleared to restart the Germano iron ore mine in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state four years after the fatal Fundao tailings dam collapse that killed 19 people and flattened the village of Bento Rodrigues.

This dog was rescued when the Fundao dam collapsed,  killing 19 people and flattening a village

This dog was rescued when the Fundao dam collapsed, killing 19 people and flattening a village

Samarco has been granted a corrective operating licence by the environmental regulator at the State Council for Environmental Policy in Minas Gerais, which gives the JV the green light for an operational...

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