Brazilian police charged six executives and another suspect Tuesday over the deaths of 19 people when a wastewater dam collapsed at an iron ore mine last year, media reported The CEO of Samarco at the time of the November 5 tragedy, Ricardo Vescovi, was …
Brazilian police charged six executives and another suspect Tuesday over the deaths of 19 people when a wastewater dam collapsed at an iron ore mine last year, media reported The CEO of Samarco at the time of the November 5 tragedy, Ricardo Vescovi, was among the seven charged with homicide
Brazilian police charged six executives and another suspect Tuesday over the deaths of 19 people when a wastewater dam collapsed at an iron ore mine last year, media reported The CEO of Samarco at the time of the November 5 tragedy, Ricardo Vescovi, was …
Feb 23, 2016 · Brazilian police charged six executives and another suspect Tuesday over the deaths of 19 people when a wastewater dam collapsed at an iron …
Brazil’s federal police say it will charge seven executives from the Samarco joint venture — owned by BHP and Vale — with environmental crimes in connection with a …
Brazil’s Federal Police accused Vale SA and its Brazilian joint venture with BHP Billiton Ltd of environmental crime related to a November dam collapse that destroyed a city in the country’s
The accident, which has been deemed the worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history, occurred in November last year when Samarco's tailings dam breached, flooding 280 miles of the Doce River
The police, in a statement, accused the mine executives of “qualified homicide,” the murder charge that carries the heaviest sentence in Brazil of 12 to 30 years in prison
A general view of the work site of a iron ore mine operated by Samarco owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd in Mariana, Brazil, November 11, 2015
Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais recommended "qualified homicide" charges for the chief executive of Samarco at the time, Ricardo Vescovi, and six others, local newspaper Veja
Jan 14, 2016 · Brasília (AFP) - Police in Brazil said Thursday they have brought criminal charges against two mining companies and seven executives over a mine waste spill that buried a …
Feb 23, 2016 · The police, in a statement, accused the mine executives of "qualified homicide," the murder charge that carries the heaviest sentence in Brazil of 12 to 30 years in prison
Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais charged six Samarco executives and one contractor for crimes relating to the deaths of 19 people caused by a burst tailings dam at a mine in November
Police in Minas Gerais State have asked for Ricardo Vescovi, along with five other Samarco executives and one contractor to be arrested Samarco is owned by Brazil's Vale and mining giant BHP
In Brazil only prosecutors, and not police, can formally bring criminal charges but public accusations often anticipate charges being filed The police, in a statement, accused the mine executives of "qualified homicide," the murder charge that carries the heaviest sentence in Brazil …
Brazil police to charge mining firms, execs with environmental crimes Brazil’s Federal Police said Wednesday it would charge three mining-sector companies, including Samarco and Vale, and seven executives of those firms with environmental crimes in connection with a …
Police in Brazil said Thursday they have brought criminal charges against two mining companies and seven executives over a mine waste spill that buried a village and killed 17 peopleFederal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais on Tuesday accused six Samarco executives and one contractor of murder in connection with …
In Brazil only prosecutors, and not police, can formally bring criminal charges but public accusations often anticipate charges being filed The police, in a statement, accused the mine executives of "qualified homicide," the murder charge that carries the heaviest sentence in Brazil …
Police in Brazil said Thursday they have brought criminal charges against two mining companies and seven executives over a mine waste spill that buried a village and killed 17 people Federal police accuse Brazilian iron ore giant Vale, mine operator Samarco and company officials including Samarco's
Only prosecutors can formally present criminal charges in Brazil The report of the police raid of the Samarco offices occurred a day after Minas Gerais state said the dam burst caused losses to municipalities estimated at 12 billion reais ($303 million), not considering environmental problems
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais charged six Samarco executives and one contractor for crimes relating to the deaths of 19 people caused by a burst tailings dam at a mine in November, the G1 news website reported on Tuesday
Brazil’s federal prosecutors announced overnight they had filed criminal charges including qualified homicide against 22 people over their roles in the November collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco iron ore mine, which killed 19 people
Brazilian police have charged on Tuesday, Feb 23, 2016, the president of mining company Samarco and six others with aggravated homicide over the deaths of at least 17 people after the dam burst
Brazil police charge seven for deaths caused by Samarco dam burst - report RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais charged six Samarco executives and one contractor for crimes relating to the deaths of 19 people caused by a burst tailings dam at a mine in November, the G1 news website reported on
Nov 09, 2015 · BRASILIA (Reuters) - Mining companies often complain endless red tape makes it hard to do business in Brazil but prosecutors and environmentalists say burst dams at an iron ore mine that triggered massive flooding last week point to gaping lapses in …
"The seven executives, including Samarco's boss at the time of the mine disaster, are being accused of "qualified homicide"" Police have also accused the seven individuals of endangering public health by polluting the region’s drinking water
The main problem, according to seven sources with knowledge of different parts of company and creditor strategy, is a lack of visibility of when the mine may restart Originally, Samarco said it expected to resume operations at reduced capacity this year
Brazilian Police have recently launched an investigation into the culpability of seven Samarco officials for the deaths caused by the spill, with accusations of qualified homicide, a charge which
Vale, BHP and Samarco declined to comment on negotiations The main problem, according to seven sources with knowledge of different parts of company and creditor strategy, is a lack of visibility of when the mine may restart Originally, Samarco said it expected …
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November’s collapse of a dam at the Samarco mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais released a tsunami of iron ore tailings on to the valley floor below, all but wiping out the nearby town
The social and environmental tragedy was caused by the Samarco mine in Minas Gerais State, Brazil Two dams in the open-pit iron mine broke, and the sludge buried the village of Bento Rodrigues (just over 20 kilometers from the city of Mariana and 120 from state capital Belo Horizonte), where 600 …
Feb 14, 2017 · Samarco Mineração SA is a Brazilian mining company founded in 1977 It is currently a joint-venture between Vale and the English-Australian BHP Billiton , each one holding 50% of the company's stocks Structure Samarco is hosted in Belo Horizonte , the capital of Minas Gerais
Samarco, located near the historic town of Mariana in Brazil's metals-rich Minas Gerais state, insists it is doing everything possible to draw a line under what it calls a …
Brazil has filed a lawsuit against two of the world's largest mining companies for $52 billion to clean up the damage caused by the collapse of a tailings dam
November’s collapse of a dam at the Samarco mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais released a tsunami of iron ore tailings on to the valley floor below, all but wiping out the nearby town
Despite the agreement, Brazilian police last week said they would be seeking arrest warrants for six Samarco employees and a consultant to the BHP and Vale-owned company