The scale of the 5 November tailings dam burst at the BHP Billiton/Vale-owned Samarco iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, continues to grow as the waste from the dam flows downstream. It seems it is becoming the biggest tailings dam disaster in history....
A tailings dam rupture at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, jointly owned by massive Brazilian mining company Vale and the world’s largest mining company, London-listed BHP Billiton, was one of the worst mining disasters in Brazilian history and one of the...
BAMIN/ENRC’s “takeover” design plan for Porto Sul Pedra de Ferro – The Iron Stone: Chapter Five Porto Sul is a proposed new terminal on the Brazilian coast of Bahia and the preferred destination for iron ore coming from the Caetite mine. It...
Boats waiting to load iron ore at Port Hedland, Australia. Source: The Ocean Foundation Ports in a Storm How does Brazil’s plan for the Porto Sul iron ore export port compare with similar projects around the world? The following case studies draw on recent...
Railway wagons being loaded with ore from BAMIN in May 2014 (Click here for Chapter One and here for Chapter Two.) Pedra de Ferro – The Iron Stone Chapter Three BAMIN is looking for customers in a hopelessly over-supplied world Nostromo Research 21 September...
