Aftermath of the Brumadinho dam collapse, 26 January 2019. Credit: Wikimedia/YouTube. CC BY 3.0.
The latest environmental and human catastrophe involving Brazilian mining giant Vale occurred on the 25th January 2019 when a mine-tailings dam in Minas Gerais state ruptured. Mining waste and sludge engulfed the town of Brumadinho, with over a hundred people confirmed dead and more than 200 missing.
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