In a significant ruling at London’s High Courts, BHP has been found legally responsible for the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, which took the lives of 20 people and left lasting environmental and emotional scars across Minas Gerais,...
This blog is a collaboration between LMN and cosmopolíticas in Brazil. On 5 November 2015, the catastrophic failure of the Fundão dam operated by Samarco Mineração S.A. – a joint venture between BHP owning 50% and Vale S.A. 50% – unleashed around 45...
A month after the collapse of the Fundao Dam, just the roof of a house is showing above the mud in Paracatu de Baixo. Photo: Nilmar Lage. (From LMN 2017 report: “The River is Dead: The impact of the catastrophic failure of the Fundão tailings dam.”) From...
Report on the Anglo American AGM, Tuesday 30 April 2024 By Richard Solly, assisted by Ana Reyes-Hurt, Andy Higginbottom, Diana Salazar, Jake Simms, Kerima Mohideen, Malvika Gupta, Paul Robson, Rebeca Binda and Sebastian Ordonez Introduction by Richard Solly At least...
Join us to learn from the Kayapo and Munduruku Indigenous peoples alongside community leaders from the regions of the Trombetas and Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon, who are affected by gold and bauxite extraction in their lands. We will interrogate issues of...
