Brazil dam in critical alert
ON 22 March Vale raised the alert level of its Sul Superior Dam of the Gongo Soco mine located in...
News - Risk & Safety
Update: 47 dead after Chinese chemicals plant explosion
THE death toll following an explosion at a Chinese chemicals plant has now reached 47, reports st...
Six killed in Chinese chemicals plant explosion
FOLLOWING an explosion at a Tianjiayi chemicals plant in Yancheng, eastern China, six people are ...
Employees re-arrested after fatal Brazil dam collapse
ACCORDING to Reuters, last week a Brazilian court ordered the arrest of 11 Vale employees and two...
Fire extinguished at US chemicals depot
AFTER three days fighting a fire that was spreading through a chemicals storage depot in Texas, U...
US storage depot ablaze
EIGHT chemicals storage tanks are ablaze at a major petrochemicals depot on the US Gulf Coast.
ECHA publishes comprehensive plastic additive inventory
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a comprehensive inventory of all of the high-v...
Employees removed following Brazil dam collapse
FOLLOWING the fatal collapse of a Vale mine tailings dam the company has decided to remove severa...
Brazil dam collapse prosecutors investigate collusion
THE lead prosecutor investigating the cause of the fatal dam collapse at a mine in Brazil has all...
Vale CEO resigns after Brazil dam collapse
FABIO Schvartsman has resigned as the CEO of Vale, following the fatal collapse of a Vale mine ta...
Brazil approves dam safety bill
THE Brazilian Senate has passed a bill to tighten dam safety, reports Reuters. This follows the c...
A matter of cost
The fatal Brazil dam collapse highlights failings in the mining industry. Amanda Jasi speaks to e...
Brazil bans upstream dams
BRAZIL has decided to ban tailings dams built by the upstream method. The decision follows the fa...
Employees arrested after Brazil dam breach
EIGHT Vale employees have been arrested as part of a criminal investigation into the collapse of ...
Vale ‘knew’ Brazil dam was at risk of collapse, report says
REUTERS says it has seen an internal document that shows that Vale knew last year that its dam in...
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