disaster: 2 of 3

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale to decommission upstream tailings dams

Vale has announced that it will decommission all its tailings dams built using the upstream method

31 January 2019

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

65 dead, hundreds missing after another Vale dam collapse

Vale announced on January 25 a tailings dam near its Feijão iron ore mine had suffered a "breach"

28 January 2019

GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Steps taken towards Samarco settlement

Vale and BHP sign agreement with Brazilian authorities regarding the Samarco tailings dam failure

28 June 2018

BASE METALS

BHP approves financial support for Samarco

BHP has approved US$250 million in financial support for the Renova Foundation and Samarco Mineração

03 July 2017

ENVIRONMENT

US mining deaths drop to new low

Data released by the MSHA indicates that US mining deaths drop to another new low in 2016

04 January 2017

MINING THE PAST

The disaster at Levant

On October 20, 1919, there was a serious accident at the Levant tin and copper mine in Cornwall

13 December 2016

MANAGEMENT

Samarco investigation report published

A panel has published its findings into the immediate causes of the failure of the Fundão tailings dam

30 August 2016

MANAGEMENT

BHP announces $1.3 billion provision for Samarco

BHP Billiton will recognise a provision in the range of US$1.1 billion to US$1.3 billion to cover costs

01 August 2016

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