Cases / Mining · Brazil · 2015
Brazil's 2015 mining code draft was created on Vale and BHP's law firm's computer
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A 2015 draft of Brazil's mining code was created on a computer at a law firm acting for Vale and BHP, according to ISA and BBC Brasil. The text was changed at least 100 times, which bears on who shapes the rules for mining in Brazil.
What?
A 2015 draft of Brazil's mining code was created on a law firm's computer, the firm acting for Vale and BHP. ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
Where?
Brazil, federal mining legislation. ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
When?
The draft is dated 2015. ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
Who?
Gained
- Vale and BHP (through their law firm) — Their law firm's computer was where the draft was created. ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The law firm's text was changed at least 100 times before the draft went forward. ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The 2015 draft of Brazil's mining code was created on the computer of a law firm acting for Vale and BHP, according to ISA and BBC Brasil.
A joint lawyer changed the text in at least 100 places, and the draft went forward under the rapporteur's signature.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether the draft became law in this form.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the law firm's name, or the effect of the text on mining or forests.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- ISA and BBC Brasil reporting on the 2015 mining-code draftISA (Instituto Socioambiental) · 2015-12
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