The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijăo iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure.
Feb 21, 2024 · In 2019, the collapse of an iron-ore tailings dam in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, killed 272 people, flattened entire villages, ...
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Brumadinho dam disaster
The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijăo iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure. The dam, located 9 kilometres east of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is owned by the mining... Wikipedia
Location: Brumadinho
Date: January 25, 2019
Arrests: 13
Coordinates: 20°07′11″S 44°07′17″W / 20.11972°S 44.12139°W
Deaths: 270
Missing: 6 (included in reported deaths)
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Jan 24, 2024 · Five years ago, on January 25, 2019, the B1 tailings dam belonging to the Brazilian mining giant Vale collapsed at the Córrego do Feijăo mine in ...
Jan 16, 2024 · The mudslide came without warning and destroyed the mine site, neighbouring settlements and a railway bridge, killing 270 people.
Jan 16, 2024 · On 25th January 2019, a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijăo iron ore mine, in the Brumadinho city, Brazil, failed suddenly, killing 270 people ...
On 25th January 2019, the tailings dam of the Brumadinho iron mine operated by Vale S/A failed catastrophically. The death toll stood at 259 and 11 people ...
Jan 25, 2024 · On the fifth anniversary of the Brumadinho dam disaster that claimed 270 lives in Brazil, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has joined a ...
Feb 9, 2019 · A mining dam collapsed and buried more than 150 people. Now Brazil is casting an anxious eye on dozens of dams like it.
Jan 15, 2024 · In 2019, the tailings dam at a Brazilian iron ore mine failed. The mudslide caused a catastrophe for people and the environment.
In 2019, 270 people died in the Brumadinho mine collapse, Brazil's worst environmental and industrial disaster.