Category Archives: Fundao Talings Dam

Conflicting Narratives On The Road To Tailings Reform

Posted on November 22, 2020 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Lindsay Newland Bowker, November 22, 2020, Stonington, Maine LNBowker@bowkerassociates.org Really enjoyed the framing of this work on how conflicting narratives emerge in the wake of any man-made disaster and how they played out and are still playing out in obfuscating … Continue reading →

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BHP INVESTOR LOSSES BRAZILIAN LAW & NAVIGATING NON OPERATED JOINT VENTURE LIABILITY EXPOSURES

Posted on July 27, 2018 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Contact : Lindsay Newland Bowker LNBowker@BowkerAssociates.org      Date July 27, 2018 Brazilian mining law wants foreign investment but not foreign owner control of its mineral resource extractions. From a liability point of view Brazilian law sets up a circular firing squad … Continue reading →

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UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM TAILINGS MANAGEMENT REFORMS SHOULD BE PUBLICLY  ACCEPTED BY MAC & ICMM AND PRESENTED AT TAILINGS 2017

Posted on October 31, 2017 by lindsaynewlandbowker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Stonington Maine November 1, 2017 CONTACT: Lindsay Newland Bowker, LNBowker@BowkerAssociates.org +1 207 367 5145 TAGS: UNEP Tailings Management Report; Reform Of Legal Framework for Tailings Facilities; Tailings Conference 2017; 2nd Anniversary Samarco TSF Failure; Mt Polley TSF … Continue reading →

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SAMARCO PANEL ATTRIBUTES PRIMARY CAUSE OF FAILURE TO INEFFECTIVE SEPARATION OF SLIMES AND SANDS AND INADEQUATE DRAINAGE OF SANDS

Posted on August 29, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Moments ago Vale, BHP and Samarco concluded their press conference presenting the findings of their indepdendent panel on the causes of the Fundao Tailings dam failure . The report was commissioned by Vale. A full copy in English is up at … Continue reading →

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Share Holder Litigation Puts Spotlight On Environmental Risk

Posted on July 13, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Madison Condon, JD, Fellow Earth Institute, Columbia University NY, NY   Dear Ms.  Condon:   Thank you for your stunning and seminal work accurately drawing the arc between massive investor losses and poorly developed mining projects  which manifest also in … Continue reading →

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Vale Engineer Added To Indictments In Fundao Dam Failure

Posted on June 10, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Brazil’s Folha reported yesterday that the indictment list has  been expanded to include a principal Vale engineer who doctored records about the extent of Vale’s co-use of the Fundao.  According to Deputy Roger Lima de Moura, responsible for verification, Vale … Continue reading →

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Mining Financial Risks Post-“Super Cycle” Point to Escalated & Unexamined Already Accrued Public Liabilities & Environmental Security Losses

Posted on February 19, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Although this Ernst & Young report on “post super cycle” mining business risks speaks from the miners point of view, not from the environmental risk/public liability point of view, the economic realities presented here are what Bowker Chambers (2015) was pointing at … Continue reading →

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Samarco Executives May Face Homicide Charges For Deaths In Fundao Tailings Dam Failure

Posted on February 8, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

 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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1 million Cubic Meter Landslide From Ruins of Failed Fundao Dam

Posted on February 2, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

  On January 27 the debris in the site of the former Fundao dam  shifted causing a 10 minute slide of 1 million cubic meters of material out of the site  and necessitating the evacuation of all workers. According to … Continue reading →

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SAMARCO DAM FAILURE LARGEST BY FAR IN RECORDED HISTORY

Posted on December 12, 2015 by lindsaynewlandbowker

April 19,2018  Update Through creation of a magnitude index  which creates a single vector out of data for release, run out and deaths, we have confirmed that the Fundao is the largest failure in recorded history with a magnitude score … Continue reading →

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