Brazil panel urges manslaughter charges against Vale executives over dam collapse
Vale’s tailings dam ruptured in Brumadinho in late January, releasing a torrent of mud that buried hundreds of people
02 July 2019 - 22:40
Brasilia/Sao Paulo — Iron ore miner Vale’s chief financial officer and its former chief executive should be indicted for manslaughter, a Brazilian Senate committee probing a deadly dam collapse recommended on Tuesday.
The committee is also seeking the indictment of Vale itself as a company, as well as dam stability auditor TÜV SÜD, for environmental damages and corporate responsibility for actions of their employees in the late-January disaster that killed nearly 250 people...
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