Mining Disaster Strikes Vale, Again

SUGAR LAND--January 29, 2019--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The world's leading iron ore producer, Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), has suffered the second major disaster in less than four years. On Friday, a tailings dam, holding back sludge byproduct from the iron ore mining process, burst at the Carrejo do Feijao mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Within this article: Details of Vale's circumstances and projects that could potentially be affected

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