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- INVESTORS HAVE BEEN AMANUENSIS TO GLOBAL MINING CARTELS AND ARE MORE INSULATED FROM THE CONSEQUENCE OF MINE FAILURES THAN ALL OTHER STAKEHOLDER SECTORS
- DID A FORMAL TAILINGS PLAN EVER EXIST FOR SAMARCO’s FUNDAO TAILINGS FACILITY PRE-FAILURE?
- Conflicting Narratives On The Road To Tailings Reform
- VALE NOT ANOMALOUS WITH ITS TROUBLED TSF PORTFOLIO
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DID A FORMAL TAILINGS PLAN EVER EXIST FOR SAMARCO’s FUNDAO TAILINGS FACILITY PRE-FAILURE?
A very well documented Brazilian case study suggests that it was built on a promise of performance and construction modeled on the Germano closure “flow through” design but without an actual formal design and design review. (There are no design … Continue reading
Full Government Report on Samarco:Vale’s Unauthorized Slimes Depositions a Primary Cause of The Fatal Failure Indictment Finds
In stark contrast to the scene and tone of the public release of the BHP commissioned “Cause of Failure Report ” where Dr. Morgenstern gave the committees version of events poised , elegant in his immaculate suit from a large … Continue reading
Samarco Mine Disaster – UN Experts Welcome Settlement Suspension and Call for a Timely & Equitable Resolution
The following text, in English and in Portuguese is as issued by the UN Special Procedures, Human Rights. They have been actively engaged and independently investigating and monitoring on the ground in Brazil since immediately after the disaster in November … Continue reading
Brazilian Federal Prosecutors File Suit Against Vale, BHP and Samarco for $US43.55 Billion Demanding Immediate Provision of $US2.8 Billion
May 4, 2016 2pm EST USA Lindsay Newland Bowker lindsaynewlandbowker@gmail.com RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit on Tuesday demanding that Samarco, BHP, and Vale , the mining companies responsible under Brazilian law for a catastrophic dam failure … Continue reading
Samarco Agreement Draft A Springboard To Model Language on All TSF’s With “Extreme” Hazard Classification
“There will be complete restoration of socio-economic conditions and of the affected environment. And I want to emphasize: There will be no financial limits until there is full reparation,” Rousseff said, according to AFP. “We want to build a new … Continue reading
Samarco Executives May Face Homicide Charges For Deaths In Fundao Tailings Dam Failure
It was reported on February 5th that Samarco executives may face homicide charges on the basis of victim autopsies and records seized by police. We have gathered all of the findings from the autopsy reports, in which we determined that … Continue reading
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Brazil’s Largest Newspaper’s Press For Truth & Full Accounting on Samarco Failure
Brazil’s largest newspaper, Folha De Sao Paolo, has been pressing hard and with care and diligence to ask the right questions about the Samarco tailings dam failure on November 5th. Their efforts serve not only the people of Brazil but … Continue reading
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Samitri Samarco & Vales Use Of The Failed Fundao Tailings Dam
Brazilian Paper Estadao reported on December 8th that Vale’s use of the failed Fundao has been at least 28% of total and that there is no legal basis for this use. This article follows up on long standing and widespread … Continue reading