5 November – Cursed Legacy: from Colonisation to Neoliberalism
Join us for a screening of the documentary “Cursed Legacy: From Colonisation to Neoliberalism” followed by a panel discussion to mark the 8th anniversary of the Samarco Dam Disaster –…
Death threats, disasters, and the value of persistence
…compensation for the 2015 burst of a tailings dam owned by Samarco, a joint venture between Vale and BHP, Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said. BHP strikes deal to look…
Coal wrecks the climate, whether for energy or steel production
…hundreds of thousands of people affected by the 2015 Samarco tailings dam collapse in Brazil. Glencore has agreed to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo $180 million to settle corruption…
Opposite side of the world, same old story: the 2022 BHP AGM
…So everyone evades responsibility. Regarding the Samarco disaster in Brazil, BHP’s statements at the AGM have not been supported by evidence. Questions on water use in Chile and Peru were…
Serious Danger: Emergency plan in the event of a possible collapse of the El Mauro dam was prepared with false information provided by Minera Los Pelambres
…Rodrigues landslide map, own translation from https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/ju/noticias/2018/03/07/da-agua-para-lama In Brazil, at 3:00 p.m. on 5 November, 2015, the tailings dam of the SAMARCO mining company collapsed in Bento Rodrigues, Mariana subdistrict….