Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Brazil's Vale to invest $400 million to reduce need for tailings dams

Brazil's Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, will invest some 1.5 billion reais ($400 million) starting in 2020 to reduce its reliance on tailings dams, it said late on Tuesday, after one dam collapsed last month, likely killing more than 300 people.


from Reuters: Environment https://reut.rs/2SeM9dd

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