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Brazil tailings dam spill much smaller than original estimates

Frik Els | January 08, 2016 | 3:39 pm Top Companies Latin America Iron Ore 

According to the latest satellite assessment by Samarco of a tailings dam burst at its Brazilian iron ore mine that devastated the country's second largest river system, the Rio Doce, the tailing waste spill was much smaller than previously determined. BHP Billiton, which jointly...

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