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Eight Vale workers arrested in crackdown

Eight employees of mining giant Vale were temporarily arrested today (Feb 15) as part of an operation launched by prosecutors in Minas Gerais state, backed by civil and military police in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.

Equipes de resgate durante buscas por vítimas em Brumadinho, onde uma barragem da mineradora Vale se rompeu.
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Gov’t makes daily inspection on dams like Brumadinho’s mandatory

Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM) ordered that mining companies must carry out daily inspections on tailings dams like that of Brumadinho, which collapsed on January 25 leaving 160 dead and 160 missing up to now.

Gongo Soco, Mina, Vale
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Alarm sounds at another Vale-run dam

Approximately 500 residents of the city of Barão de Cocais, in Minas Gerais state, 100 km from state capital Belo Horizonte, were removed from their homes in the early hours today (Feb.

Bombeiros que trabalham nas buscas em Brumadinho, nos arredores de Belo Horizonte, fizeram hoje por volta das 12h40 uma cerimônia de homenagem às vítimas e famílias atingidas pelo rompimento da barragem de rejeito da Mina Córrego do Feijão
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No estimate for end of search efforts in Brumadinho

Agents from the Minas Gerais Fire Department reported Friday (Feb. 1) no estimates can be made for the end of the efforts to locate the victims of mining giant Vale’s mining tailings dam failure, which took place on January 25, in the Brumadinho region.

Militares israelenses começam hoje resgate de vítimas em Brumadinho
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Death toll in Brumadinho now 65

The number of people killed after the collapse of a dam owned by mining giant Vale, in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, went up to 65, according to data released by the state’s Civil Defense. Thirty-one bodies have been identified so far.