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Brazil's mining giant agrees to pay USD 7 billion for dam disaster
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.
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Authorities fear another dam collapse in Brazil
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Minas Gerais [Brazil], Mar 24 (ANI): Risks of another collapse of a Vale-owned dam are high at the Barao de Cocais municipality here as the highest level of threat has been sounded.
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Brazil: Health concerns mount as death toll rises in dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brumadinho [Brazil], Feb 6 (ANI): The death toll in Vale-owned tailings dam collapse here has gone up to 142, with 194 people still missing in the aftermath of January 25 tragedy.
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Brazil: Death toll touches 121 in dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brumadinho [Brazil], Feb 3 (ANI): The death toll in the dam collapse in a mine in southeast Brazil has touched 121 while 226 people still remain missing in the tragedy that took place on January 25, according to reports.
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Death toll touches 99 in Brazil dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brumadinho [Brazil], Jan 31 (ANI): The death toll in the dam collapse here has risen to 99, as a total of 259 people still remain missing after the January 25 tragedy.
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Death toll touches 58 in Brazil dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brumadinho [Brazil], Jan 28 (ANI): The dam collapse here has left 58 people dead, as 305 people remain missing from the January 25 tragedy.
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Alert issued in Brazil over second imminent dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Jan 27 (ANI): An alarm in the wee hours of Sunday morning was rung in Brumadinho, in south-eastern Brazil, warning of a second imminent rupture of a mining dam in the same region where a dam collapse on Friday left 40 dead and over 300 missing.
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Brazil dam collapse: Death toll mounts to 50
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Minas Gerais [Brazil], Jan 27 (ANI): As many as 50 people were on Saturday confirmed to have been killed by the collapse of a dam at an iron mine in the southwestern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
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