Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió, who was found dead in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, on Monday morning, was the leader of the indigenous people who had been living on land owned by mining company Vale for over two years.
The number of people claiming compensation now stand at 1,400. The lawsuit targets Tüv Süd, the German company hired by Vale to assess the dam at the Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho.
The collapse of Vale’s ore tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, took place five years ago on Jan. 25.
By Dec. 1, the mining giant must make its defense in a UK-filed lawsuit on the tragedy that occurred in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, in 2015. Vale had been unsuccessfully questioning the jurisdiction of the UK courts, whose merits will now be considered.
Vale has presented a revised timetable, outlining the complete elimination of all dam structures constructed using the upstream raising method by 2035.
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