SAO PAULO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The deadly collapse of a Vale SA's mining waste dam in Brazil was partially triggered by "a persistently high water level" that caused the structure to lose strength and ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When Fabio Schvartsman took the reins of Vale SA in 2017, he suggested a motto for the world's largest iron miner, turning the page on a tailings dam disaster that hit a small ...

Vale SA (VALE) has released an update. Vale SA’s Board of Directors has approved a legal agreement with Brazilian authorities to address the damages caused by the 2015 Fundão dam collapse in Mariana, ...

(Reuters) -Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil's worst-ever environmental disasters, the ...

Seeking assurances from Brazilian miner Vale by phone after a second deadly dam disaster in three years is not enough for Sasja Beslik. He plans to fly there himself to get answers. Beslik, head of ...

Vale, the Brazilian company that owns the dam that burst at one of its mines killing dozens and leaving hundreds missing, is the world's biggest iron-ore miner - and its reputation has taken a harsh ...

Those apprehended -- two executives, two managers and four members of teams that checked the stability of the collapsed dam -- were being held to determine responsibility in relation to "hundreds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: General view from above of a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd that burst, in Mariana SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO ...

Vale SA is set to face a fresh legal front over a catastrophic Brazilian dam collapse in 2015 after thousands of victims sued the company in a Dutch court in a claim that could cost the mining giant ...

Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago that killed at least 166 people and left 147 missing, presumed ...