{"id":1139451,"date":"2019-09-20T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1002464"},"modified":"2019-09-20T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:46:09","slug":"brazil-to-lay-criminal-charges-against-vale-auditor-in-dam-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1139451","title":{"rendered":"Brazil to lay criminal charges against Vale, auditor in dam burst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian authorities will lay criminal charges against iron ore giant Vale (NYSE: VALE), 13 of its employees and German auditor T\u00dcV S\u00dcD, accusing them of fraud in relation to a deadly dam burst at the company\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/tragic-deja-vu-vales-dam-break-leaves-dozens-of-brazilians-under-mud\/\" >C\u00f3rrego do Feij\u00e3o mine in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Federal police said the companies presented fake documents backing the stability of the dam whose collapse killed nearly 250 people and unleashed a gush of mining waste on a nearby towns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Federal police said the companies presented fake documents backing the stability of the dam that collapsed in January.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Penalties for these kinds of crimes can be of up to 18 years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The Rio de Janeiro-based company <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vale.com\/EN\/aboutvale\/news\/Pages\/vale-comments-on-federal-police-inquiry.aspx\" >reacted to the news by saying<\/a> it was \u201caware of the police investigation,\u201d but wouldn\u2019t comment further until it analyzes \u201cthe full content of the report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police also said it didn\u2019t rule out the possibility of charging executives from both Vale T\u00dcV S\u00dcD with homicide and environmental damage&nbsp;in coming days, local <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/oglobo.globo.com\/brasil\/brumadinho-pf-indicia-vale-tuv-sud-13-funcionarios-por-tragedia-ninguem-da-cupula-na-lista-23961342\" ><em>O Globo<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seven people from Vale and six from T\u00fcv S\u00fcd are being indicted, according to the paper.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s top iron ore producer is also facing a lawsuit by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/vale-faces-investors-lawsuit-linked-to-brumadinho-dam-burst\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">group of investors<\/a> who argue that Vale did not disclose information about risks facing the dam in the state of Minas Gerais to the market, even though&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/brazil-miner-vale-knew-deadly-dam-heightened-risk-collapse\/\" >it was aware of it<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Vale\u2019s announced&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vale.com\/EN\/aboutvale\/news\/Pages\/Vale-informs-on-agreement-with-Minas-Gerais-Public-Ministry-of-Labour.aspx\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a $107-million compensation<\/a>&nbsp;(400 million Brazilian<br \/>\nreal) to workers impacted by the rupture&nbsp;of the dam and said would spend<br \/>\nR$1.8 billion ($471 million) by 2023 on several projects to stabilize remaining<br \/>\nstructures at the C\u00f3rrego do Feij\u00e3o mine. <\/p>\n<p>Other programs include reducing<br \/>\ntailings flow into the Paraopeba river and ensuring proper disposal of tailings<br \/>\nand rebuilding public facilities. The projects are expected to generate around<br \/>\n2,500 jobs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal police said the companies presented fake documents backing the stability of the dam that collapsed in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[949,369,4,2640],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1139451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139459,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139451\/revisions\/1139459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1139451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1139451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1139451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}