The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure.
Brumadinho dam disaster
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The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure. The dam, located 9 kilometres east of Brumadinho in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is owned by the mining... Wikipedia
Location: Brumadinho
Date: January 25, 2019
Arrests: 13
Coordinates: 20°07′11″S 44°07′17″W / 20.11972°S 44.12139°W
Deaths: 270
Missing: 6 (included in reported deaths)
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Feb 21, 2024 · In 2019, the collapse of an iron-ore tailings dam in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, killed 272 people, flattened entire villages, ...
Jan 16, 2024 · The disaster near the small town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil occurred shortly after midday on 25 January 2019. At a nearby iron ore ...
Feb 25, 2020 · “The evidence shows that the failure on 25 January 2019 was caused by a combination of ongoing creep strains and a small strength reduction due ...
On 25th January 2019, the tailings dam of the Brumadinho iron mine operated by Vale S/A failed catastrophically. The death toll stood at 259 and 11 people ...
Jan 16, 2024 · On 25th January 2019, a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, in the Brumadinho city, Brazil, failed suddenly, killing 270 people ...
Jan 15, 2024 · The disaster near the small town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil occurred shortly after midday: on 25 January 2019, at a nearby iron ore ...
Jan 25, 2024 · Today marks five years since the Brumadinho dam collapsed and 272 were killed.
Feb 9, 2019 · When the dam collapsed at the Córrego de Feijão mine shortly after noon, 11.7 million cubic meters of mining waste — enough to fill almost 5,000 ...
Jan 25, 2024 · collapsed, releasing a mudflow that engulfed the mine's headquarters and its downstream surroundings and caused the death of 270 workers.