S&P Will Issue ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ Evaluations Including on Insurance Sector April 18, 2019 By Don Jergler If you’re among those who regard “environmental, social and governance” as just another in a long line of trendy buzz-phrases,...
Brazil Mining Giant Vale Warns Another Tailings Dam Could Collapse March 25, 2019 By Diane Jeantet Brazilian mining giant Vale said Saturday [March 23] that communities in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais have been ordered...
Brazil’s Backlash over Vale Dam Disaster Deepens with Mine Closure, Frozen Funds March 19, 2019 By Peter Millard Vale SA’s shares declined on Monday as the world’s biggest iron ore producer faced continued backlash from Brazilian authorities after...
Brazil Miner Vale Fired Inspection Firm for Refusing to Certify Dam’s Safety: Prosecutors March 6, 2019 By Christian Plumb and Marcelo Rochabrun Brazilian iron ore miner Vale fired an inspection firm because the company refused to certify one of its dams as...
Vale CEO and Several Senior Execs Resign After Deadly Brazil Dam Disaster March 4, 2019 By Marta Nogueira and Gram Slattery Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman and several other senior executives resigned on Saturday in what...
Company Says Risk for Environmental Disaster From Pile in Louisiana Falling March 1, 2019 Officials with a company that owns an unstable phosphogypsum pile and a lake of acidic water atop it say they’re...
Brazil Probe into Possible Safety Cover-up by Vale Could Lead to Massive Fine March 1, 2019 By Mario Sergio Lima Brazil’s mining authorities have started a probe into Vale SA over a possible coverup regarding safety procedures that could lead...
Brazil Senate Passes Dam Safety Bill After Vale Disaster; Insurance Provision Eyed February 28, 2019 By Jake Spring Brazilian Senate committees on Wednesday passed a bill to tighten dam safety in the country, after a mining dam owned...
Brazil Tailings Dam Disaster Pushes Mining CEOs to Make Safety Changes February 27, 2019 By Ernest Scheyder After last month’s deadly tailings dam disaster at a Vale SA facility in Brazil, Freeport-McMoRan Inc Chief Executive Richard Adkerson...
Southern California Gas Leak Settlement Raises Stink February 26, 2019 By Jonathan J. Cooper and Brian Melley A stink is being raised over a $120 million court settlement from the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak and it’s...