Faced with public outrage after its second mining dam collapse in four years killed at least 240 people in Brazil, Vale misrepresented what it had done to shut down its riskiest dams, a review of the company’s statements shows. Fabio Schvartsman, Vale’…
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New safety standards being drawn up by a global mining industry panel will include rules to better define management accountability after Vale’s January tailings dam disaster, a top industry official said on Wednesday.
The governance standards would h…
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Germany’s TÜV SÜD has pulled out of conducting safety assessments of dams after the collapse of a Brazilian dam it had vetted killed almost 250 people in January, the industrial inspection firm’s chief executive told Reuters. The collapse of the tailin…
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Investors with a combined $12.5-trillion in assets, including the Swedish National Pension Funds and the Church of England, could review their stakes in resource companies that use storage dams if they do not release information to assess safety risks….
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