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Original features of Vale’s tailings dam may have been responsible for failure – study

Staff Writer | January 17, 2024 | 5:05 am Intelligence Top Companies Latin America Iron Ore 

New research out of ETH Zurich suggests that certain features of the tailings dam at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, may have been the cause of the burst that released 10 million cubic metres...

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