Samarco: 2 of 3

Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman addressing the media.
ENVIRONMENT

Vale's clarifies tailings dam decision

Had already decommissioned nine by the time the Brumadinho disaster occurred last month.

01 February 2019

The Fundao dam, which was at the heart of the Samarco disaster, was also an upstream dam.
ENVIRONMENT

Vale decommissioning upstream tailings dams

Estimated to take three years and will stop production of 40 million tonnes per annum.

30 January 2019

The reject wave from the Corrego do Feijao tailings dam disaster is progressing at below 1kph.
ENVIRONMENT

Government mulls Vale sanctions

Miner offering to pay 100,000 Brazilian real to the families of each victim.

29 January 2019

Water from the tailings dam breach at Corrego do Feijao mine has reached 63km from the breach.
ENVIRONMENT

Death toll in Brumadinho dam collapse hits 60

Company working on plan to improve the safety of its tailings dams.

29 January 2019

John Vann believes the intergrators will be the ones who really succeed.
TECHNOLOGY

Blessed are the integrators

The integrator will trump the innovator in mining.

25 September 2018

 BHP’s Olympic Dam mine site in South Australia’s far north
PROCESSING

Acid issue ceases production at Olympic Dam

BHP gets the acid plant blues at Olympic Dam in SA.

22 August 2018

BHP has settled a US case relating to the Samarco dam disaster.
ENVIRONMENT

BHP reaches NY court Samarco settlement

Paying US$50 million to settle US civil claim over Samarco.

10 August 2018

Some of the BHP funds will be used for rehabilitation programs around the Samarco mine. Photo: Senado Federal
ENVIRONMENT

BHP puts up Samarco funds

Funds to be used for remediation and compensation programs around Samarco mine site.

29 June 2018

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