Court Orders Vale To Stop Using Tailings Dams As Death Toll Climbs Above 120
As more bodies are found and about 200 more are feared buried beneath yards of sludge, a Brazilian judge ruled that the mining giant must refrain from disposing chemical waste at eight of its dams.
by Vanessa Romo
Feb 04, 2019
2 minutes
A Brazilian state court has Vale SA to refrain from disposing of tailings at eight of its dams, in the wake of the environmental disaster last month, which spilled 3 billion gallons of mining waste, obliterated a town, killed more than 120 people and has likely buried another 200 people under
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