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BHP, Vale Agree To Pay $30bn Damages For Brazil Dam Disaster

Mining giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with Brazil's government to pay nearly $30 billion in damages for a 2015 dam collapse that triggered the country's worst environmental disaster.

International Business Times · Oct 25, 2024

Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024

French mining giant pauses battery recycling project amid EV setbacks

French mining firm Eramet is suspending plans to build a battery recycling plant in northern France as Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) sector struggles. Despite this, it's taking back full control of a lithium mine project in Argentina – crucial for tapping global demand for EV batteries.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 25, 2024

East DR Congo Grapples With Chinese Gold Mining Firms

Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

International Business Times · Oct 24, 2024

BHP Denies Responsibility For 2015 Brazil Mine Disaster At London Trial

Australian mining giant BHP on Wednesday denied responsibility for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, one of the country's worst environmental disasters, as it opened its defence at the High Court in London.

International Business Times · Oct 23, 2024

South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report

The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s petrochemical sector. It produces petrochemicals, plastics, chemicals essential to key industries such as agriculture (fertilisers) and mining (explosives), and 30% of the country’s liquid fuels. These value chains are very…

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2024

Why are victims of a Brazil dam disaster suing miner BHP in a London court?

The mining giant faces a potential $47bn lawsuit filed by at least 600,000 people over the 2015 mining disaster.

Al Jazeera · Oct 23, 2024

Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says

A report by the World Resources Institute shows that rapidly expanding mining operations are causing widespread destruction of tropical primary rainforests and protected areas, raising carbon emissions and displacing Indigenous communities

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024

620,000 people are fighting one case in the UK courts. And this is why

The Mariana dam collapse has been dubbed Brazil’s worst ever mining disaster

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024

ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure musicians sign AI protest letter against 'unlicensed use' of works

Musicians from ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure have joined actors and authors in signing a protest letter against the mining of their artistry to build artificial intelligence tools

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024