Brumadinho
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Brumadinho is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion ...
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Why did Brumadinho fail?
The presence of fine particles within this material increased the rate of this deformation. The tiny shifts combined with the brittle nature of the tailings meant that slip surfaces were able to grow even without added pressure from new tailings, resulting in the delayed failure.
How many people died in the Brumadinho Dam collapse?
270 people died as a result of the collapse, of whom 259 were officially confirmed dead, in January 2019, and 11 others were reported as missing.
What is the settlement for the Brumadinho Dam collapse?
Two years after the dam collapse, in February 2021, a settlement agreement was reached. Vale agreed to pay at least BRL 37.68 billion in collective damages. Of this amount, nearly BRL 1.3 billion was for direct reparations to the families of the victims.
Did the Vale dam collapse in Brazil?
The collapse of the tailings dam, which stored mining waste and is owned by the Samarco joint venture between BHP and Brazilian iron ore mining giant Vale, killed 19 and spilled about 40 million cubic meters of toxic sludge into communities, the Rio Doce river, and Atlantic Ocean 650 km away.
The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure.
Jan 25, 2022 · This January 25, 2022 marks three years since the collapse of the Córrego do Feijão tailings dam, in Brumadinho, Brazilian city.
We will never forget Brumadinho. · A wide range of reparation initiatives have been undertaken across the social, environmental, infrastructure, and safety ...
Instituto Inhotim is located in Brumadinho, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, and the third largest ...
On January 25, 2019, the state of Minas Gerais (MG) in Brazil witnessed yet another disaster involving the collapse of a mining tailings dam.
Jan 24, 2022 · Tragedy in Brumadinho: 3 Years of impunity and buried dreams. Proposals to change environmental legislation and lack of accountability for the ...
Jan 31, 2023 · A tailing dam of the iron ore mine Córrego do Feijão collapsed on this date. Vale owned this tailing dam. Almost 300 people died due to a colossal mudslide.
Tailings dam No. 1 of Vale's Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine near Brumadinho, Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suddenly failed.
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