Category Archives: Samarco Dam Failure

A RECONSIDERATION OF THE ‘SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE’ Isn’t It Government’s Job to Provide For safety and Well Being of its People, Lands & Water?

Posted on March 5, 2020 by lindsaynewlandbowker

CONTACT: Lindsay Newland Bowker, Executive Director World Mine Tailings Failures compiler@worldminetailingsfailures.org March 5,2020   The Responsible Mining Foundation has just released its 2020 Responsible Mining Index with the survey results , all post Brumadinho, on progress towards “Responsible Mining.”   Post … Continue reading →

Posted in Brumahindo Dam Failure, Buffalo Creek Coal TSF Failure 1972, Catastrophic Tailings Failures, Germano Tailings Dam Failure, ICOLD BULLETIN 121, Linhares Civil Action Against Samarco, Measuring Magnitude of Consequence TSF Failures, Mike Davies, mining environmental risk management, mining public liability, Responsible Mining, Responsible Mining Foundation, RMI2020, Samarco $44 billion lawsuit by Brazil, Samarco Dam Failure, Social License To Operate, Uncategorized, UNEP TAILINGS MANAGEMENT REFORMS, unfunded public and enviornmental liabilities, United Nations Human Rights, World Bank, World Mine Tailings Failures | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BHP Investor Lawsuits, Brazilian Mining Law, Fundao Talings Dam, Linhares Civil Action Against Samarco, Non-Owned Joint Ventures, Phi Finney McDonald, Samarco Dam Failure, Samarco Environmental Crimes Investigation, samarco failure government findings, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in BHP, Bowker Associates Science & Research In The Public Interest, Brazil 's High Grade Iron Ores, Brazil Tailings Dam Failure Risk, David M. Chambers, Lindsay Newland Bowker, Minas Gerais Mining Oversight, Samarco $44 billion lawsuit by Brazil, Samarco Dam Failure, Samarco falha de barragem de rejeitos, Samarco Indepemdent Panel Report, Tapira Complex, Uncategorized, Vale Indictments, Vale SA., Wonder Dam III | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in A. Macg. Robertson, Catastrophic Tailings Failures, Causes Of Catastrophic Tailings Dam Failures, Environmental Risk Management, Fundao Talings Dam, Germano Tailings Dam Failure, Height Limits of Earthen Dams, Metallic Mining Risk Management, Mine Risk Management, mining public liability, Pimenta De Avilar, politics of mining, Public Liability & Financial Risk, Rate of Raise for Upstream Tailings Dams, Samarco Dam Failure, Samarco Indepemdent Panel Report, Uncategorized | Leave a comment