Moody's downgrades outlook of mining gia...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Credit rating agency Moody's on Wednesday downgraded the outlook of mining giant Vale's investment rating to negative. The decision concluded a review begun on Jan

Brazil's gov't unveils dam disaster prev...

BRASILIA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Ministry of Mining and Energy on Monday unveiled measures to prevent a repeat of last month's fatal dam disaster, which killed at least 169 people and left 140

Brazil arrests another 8 people linked t...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian authorities on Friday arrested eight employees of the country's mining giant Vale for their alleged responsibility for a tailings dam collapse last month

Roundup: Death toll from Brazil dam disa...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Brazil's tragic dam disaster in southeast Minas Gerais state has climbed to 166, the state civil defense agency said on Wednesday. The agency's

Mining giant Vale denies previous knowle...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mining giant Vale denied having previous knowledge of any collapse risk with its collapsed tailings dam in Brazil on Tuesday. In a press conference held in Vale's

Death toll from Brazil's dam collapse ri...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a dam collapse approximately two weeks ago at an iron mine in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has risen to 157, authorities sai

134 bodies recovered in Brazil dam disas...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers in Brazil have so far recovered 134 bodies from the mudslide of toxic mining waste released after a tailings dam burst late last month, officials sai

Death toll from Brazil dam collapse clim...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais has risen to 115, with 248 still missing, the state civil defense

Vale seeks out-of-court settlement for B...

BRASILIA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Mining giant Vale, owner of the iron-ore tailings dam that collapsed in Brazil's southeast Minas Gerais state, said Thursday that it was seeking an out-of-court settlemen

2nd LD Writethru: Death toll from Brazil...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the collapse of a tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, reached 99 on Wednesday, local authorities said. The