Mining giants agree on compensation for victims of Mariana Dam collapse
The Government of Brazil signs a 29.85 billion dollar compensation agreement with mining companies nine years on from a dam collapse which killed 19, left hundreds homeless, caused flooding spanning three States, wiped out entire communities and polluted a river for hundreds of kilometres all the way to the Atlantic ocean. Read all
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The Government of Brazil signs a 29.85 billion dollar compensation agreement with mining companies nine years on from a dam collapse which killed 19, left hundreds homeless, caused flooding spanning three States, wiped out entire communities and polluted a river for hundreds of kilometres all the way to the Atlantic ocean.