{"id":8116,"date":"2019-03-03T08:46:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T08:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brumadinho-dam-collapse-in-brazil-vale-mine-chief-resigns\/"},"modified":"2019-03-03T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T08:46:37","slug":"brumadinho-dam-collapse-in-brazil-vale-mine-chief-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brumadinho-dam-collapse-in-brazil-vale-mine-chief-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Brumadinho dam collapse in Brazil: Vale mine chief resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Aftermath of the dam burst in Brazil, 26 January 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4DF3\/production\/_105355991_hi051919685.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">EPA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The sea of muddy sludge swept over roads and destroyed buildings<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The head of Brazil&#8217;s Vale mining giant has stepped down following the collapse of a dam which killed 186 people in the town of Brumadinho.<\/p>\n<p>Fabio Schvartsman and several other executives resigned after prosecutors recommended their dismissal on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>At least 122 people are still missing more than a month after the accident at the dam, which collected waste from an iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state. <\/p>\n<p>Vale is the world&#8217;s biggest producer of iron ore. <\/p>\n<p>The mining disaster was the second in the region since 2015, when a nearby dam co-owned by Vale collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian authorities were severely criticised for being too slow and complacent over that accident. No-one has yet been imprisoned.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47056849\" class=\"story-body__link\">From the pride of Brazil to most hated company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A German consultancy firm, T\u00fcv S\u00fcd, carried out an audit of the Feij\u00e3o dam last September which found the dam met legal requirements. <\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47209265\" class=\"story-body__link\">an internal report seen by the Reuters news agency said the Brazilian mining company knew the dam was at risk<\/a> as it was told the site breached guidelines months before it collapsed on 25 January.<\/p>\n<p>Vale said the report was misleading as there was no evidence of imminent risk.<\/p>\n<p><!-- IDT Image Slider (brumadinho_english) include --><\/p>\n<div class=\"news_idt__image-slider news_idt__image-slider--ltr\" id=\"news_idt__image-slider__brumadinho_english\">\n<h2 class=\"news_idt__image-slider__cta\">\n<p>            <span class=\"news_idt__image-slider__cta-label\">Interactive<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"news_idt__image-slider__cta-text\"><br \/>\n                Dam collapse in Brazil            <\/span><br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"news_idt__image-slider__images-container\">\n<h3 class=\"news_idt__image-slider__label news_idt__image-slider__label--2nd\">\n            25 January 2019        <\/h3>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/vj\/live\/idt-images\/image-slider-brumadinho_english\/after2_h18b4.jpg\" alt=\"CBMMG\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"news_idt__image-slider__1st-img-holder\">\n<h3 class=\"news_idt__image-slider__label\">\n                Earlier this month            <\/h3>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news_idt__image-slider__1st-img\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/vj\/live\/idt-images\/image-slider-brumadinho_english\/before2_o7il7.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"\/\/static.bbc.co.uk\/indepthtoolkit\/15.3.0.361\/css\/image_slider\/image_slider.css\"\/><!-- End IDT Image Slider include -->\n<p>However, the Vale chief had little choice but to resign after federal prosecutors recommended that he and three other senior executives be temporarily removed. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Schvartsman defended his handling of the accident as &#8220;absolutely appropriate&#8221;, but admitted that his presence had become an &#8220;inconvenience&#8221; for the company.<\/p>\n<p>It is still not known what caused the collapse at Brumadinho, but experts believe liquefaction was to blame. <\/p>\n<p>Liquefaction is a process whereby a solid material such as sand loses strength and behaves more like a liquid. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47432134\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright EPA Image caption The sea of muddy sludge swept over roads and destroyed buildings The head of Brazil&#8217;s Vale mining giant has stepped down following the collapse of a dam which killed 186 people in the town of Brumadinho. 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