Recording: Droplet & Wagtail’s Tailings Tale Book Launch
At our 3rd Resisting Mining Book Club, we launched a new children’s book – Droplet and Wagtail’s Tailings Tale! Recorded on 7 July 2021 Join us as we launch Droplet & Wagtail’s Tailings Tale! Originally published in Galician as A Mina...
Mining restarts at Samarco after deadly disaster
Blog by LMN Volunteer Ella Hopkins Fundão dam at the Samarco mine in 2013 BHP has resumed its operations at the Samarco mine, five years after the 2015 Fundão dam disaster which killed 20 people, destroyed 3 villages and polluted over 600km of rivers with toxic mine...
Press Release: “Profit is not worth life” – Five years on from Samarco Dam disaster
Key points The Fundão dam at the Samarco mine (owned by Vale & BHP), Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collapsed on 5 November 2015. 20 people died, 3 villages were destroyed and over 600km of waterways were polluted with toxic mine waste. The aftermath of this...