Cases / Mining / tailings dam · Brazil · 2018
Brazilian expert report confirms leak at Hydro Alunorte tailings deposit
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
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.
An expert report reported by IHU Unisinos confirmed a leak from Hydro Alunorte's toxic tailings deposit in Pará in 2018. The sources reviewed say lead, aluminium and sodium levels in the water rose, and the company denied the overflow.
What?
An expert report confirmed a leak from Hydro Alunorte's toxic tailings deposit in Pará, according to IHU Unisinos. IHU Unisinos
Where?
Barcarena, Pará, Brazil. IHU Unisinos
When?
Reported February 2018. IHU Unisinos
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The leak came from a toxic tailings deposit; the sources reviewed do not describe the cause. IHU Unisinos
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
IHU Unisinos reported that an expert report confirmed a leak from Hydro Alunorte's toxic tailings deposit in Pará, Brazil, in February 2018.
According to the sources reviewed, the deposit overflowed and lead, aluminium and sodium levels in the water rose.
The company denied the overflow, according to the same sources.
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 The sources reviewed do not report the cause of the leak.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not report effects on people or ecosystems in Barcarena.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state what clean-up or remediation followed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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