Actors / Company · Brazil
Vale
Appears in 10 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale Brumadinho dam collapse | Dam owner and operator | Brazil | 2019–2027 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Samarco Fundão dam collapse (Mariana): the settlement and the court cases | 50% owner; acquitted | Brazil | 2015–2026 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Biomas restoration initiative | Founder; published the market notice | Brazil | 2022 | Carbon credits |
| Renova Foundation (Mariana dam, Brazil) | Parent company of Samarco; secondary funder of Renova at 50% | Brazil | 2015–2024 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Vale ore-sand (Agera) tailings sand | Mining company; owner of Agera | Brazil | 2021–2024 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Simandou iron ore project, Guinea | Bought 51% of BSGR's Simandou holding for USD 2.5 billion | Guinea | 2008–2026 | Mining |
| Brazilian court orders Vale and Cemig to repair nearly dry Rio Doce reach | Company the court ordered to repair the damage | Brazil | 2015 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Marfrig co-founded Biomas, a Brazilian forest-restoration company | Founding partner of Biomas | Brazil | 2022 | Carbon credits |
| Brazil's 2015 mining code draft was created on Vale and BHP's law firm's computer | Company served by the law firm that held the draft | Brazil | 2015 | Mining |
| Vale and Rio Tinto's Riversdale move households to make way for Tete coal mines | Operator that relocated 1,365 households | Mozambique | 2009–2013 | Mining |
Appears alongside
Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais (MPMG) ×3BHP ×3Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) ×2US Securities and Exchange Commission ×2Government of Minas Gerais ×2Chubb Global Markets ×2Allianz ×2Mapfre ×2WTW (Willis Towers Watson) ×2Samarco Mineração ×2Biomas ×2Itaú Unibanco ×2Marfrig ×2Rabobank ×2Suzano ×2Rio Tinto ×2TÜV SÜDCourt of Justice of Minas Gerais (TJMG)Swiss ReZurich InsuranceAonVogBRRenova Foundation (Fundação Renova)Regional Federal Court of the 6th Region (TRF-6)Supreme Court of BrazilHigh Court of England and WalesFairfax FinancialSantander (Brasil)The Nature ConservancyFundação RenovaAgeraUniversity of GenevaBeny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR)Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS)Winning International GroupChina Baowu Steel GroupCemigSantander BrasilRiversdale
Terms used on this page
Science and environment
- Tailings and tailings dam
- Tailings are the waste left after ore is processed; a tailings dam is the embankment that stores them as wet sludge.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.
Places and local terms
- Renova Foundation
- The foundation set up after the 2015 Mariana dam collapse to carry out repairs and compensation on behalf of Samarco and its owners.