Brazilian mining giant Vale said Thursday it had agreed to pay $7 billion in damages over the 2019 collapse of a mining waste dam that unleashed a flood of toxic sludge and killed 270 people. It is ...

Mining giant Vale failed to report problems at a massive tailings dam in Brazil that could have averted its collapse, killing hundreds, a government agency said Tuesday. The January 25 dam breach in ...

Chance of finding survivors ‘minimal’ after tailings dam at iron ore mine bursts Ten bodies have been found and more than 400 people are unaccounted for after a dam operated by the mining firm Vale ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The filing of murder charges against the former CEO of Brazilian miner Vale SA and 15 others for a 2019 dam collapse that killed more than 250 people was hailed by victims' ...

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 ...

Brazilian police said Friday they have enough evidence to charge employees of mining giant Vale and its German auditor over false information used to certify the safety of a tailings dam that ...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian state prosecutor expects to bring criminal charges "in the next few days" against miner Vale over a mining waste dam collapse that killed at least 259 ...

An aerial view shows a partially destroyed house after a dam collapsed in Brumadinho, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. At least 60 people are dead and at least 292 people have been reported missing ...