Category Archives: Minas Gerais Mining Oversight

BRUMADINHO:WHO KNEW WHAT WHEN?WAS ITS FRAIL CONDITION RECOGNIZED BY VALE OR BY GOVERNMENT?

Posted on February 15, 2019 by lindsaynewlandbowker

All in the 4th estate have done an absolutely fantastic job unpacking the bits and pieces that are now in the public domain and trying to say the right things about them.  Our work here at World Mine Tailings Failures is dedicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil Tailings Dam Failure Risk, Brazilian Mining Law, Brumahindo Dam Failure, Catastrophic Tailings Failures, financial risk and public liability, Linhares Civil Action Against Samarco, Minas Gerais Mining Oversight, Mining Regulation, mining resident engineer qualifications, Mining Risk Management, Public Liability & Financial Risk, Tailings Dam Risk Management, tailings dewatering, Tailings Failure Public Consequence Index, Uncategorized, Vale SA. | Leave a comment

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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ALL OF BRAZILS 144 LARGE TAILINGS DAMS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AT RISK OF FAILURE AND INDEPENDENTLY RE EVALUATED BY A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT MULTI DISCIPLINARY PANEL OF EXPERTS

Posted on October 17, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

CONTACT: Lindsay Newland Bowker 207 367 5145/lindsaynewlandbowker@gmail.com DATE: October 1, 2016         According this 2014 report by the Brazilian Government, Brazil has 633 tailings dams, the overwhelming majority built after enactment of the   2010 statutory overhaul. 144 are large enough … Continue reading →

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