{"id":118689,"date":"2024-10-26T19:49:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118689"},"modified":"2024-10-26T19:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T12:49:55","slug":"brazil-seals-23-billion-from-mining-firms-over-dam-collapse-dw-10-25-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118689","title":{"rendered":"Brazil seals $23 billion from mining firms over dam collapse \u2013 DW \u2013 10\/25\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/mining\/t-19111736\">Mining<\/a> giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/brazil\/t-19068233\">Brazil&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0government to pay nearly 132 billion reais ($23\u00a0billion, \u20ac21.3 billion) in damages for a <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/clearer-picture-emerging-over-brazils-mining-disaster\/a-19006554\">2015 dam collapse<\/a> that triggered one of the country&#8217;s worst environmental disasters.<\/p>\n<p>The cave-in,\u00a0at an iron ore mine\u00a0in the southeastern town of Mariana,\u00a0unleashed a giant mudslide\u00a0that killed 19 people,\u00a0left hundreds homeless and polluted the length of the Doce River.<\/p>\n<p>The mine was owned by Samarco, a joint venture between Vale and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/bhp-restarts-operations-at-brazilian-mine-five-years-after-deadly-dam-disaster\/a-56049425\">BHP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s in the\u00a0deal?<\/h2>\n<p>Of the 132 billion reais the two mining giants agreed to pay,\u00a0100 billion\u00a0represents &#8220;new resources&#8221; that must be paid to\u00a0Brazilian authorities over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The first installment of 5 billion\u00a0is due within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The other 32 billion\u00a0reais is to be allocated as compensation and resettlement costs for about 300,000 of the people affected. The total number of people impacted by the disaster is thought to be much higher.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s solicitor general, Jorge Messias, said the money would allow\u00a0local authorities to make payouts to\u00a0families hit by the tragedy and settle bills\u00a0for environmental repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The two firms had already agreed in 2016 to pay about a tenth of Friday&#8217;s agreed sum in damages, but negotiations were reopened three years ago over accusations by the Brazilian government of non-compliance.<\/p>\n<p>More than a hundred lawsuits have been launched against the mining firms over the disaster, including one being heard this week where\u00a0BHP is contesting liability in London&#8217;s High Court.<\/p>\n<p>More than 620,000 complainants, including 46 Brazilian municipalities and several Indigenous communities, are seeking an estimated 36 billion pounds ($47 billion, \u20ac43.2 billion) in damages.\u00a0BHP denies responsibility.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"70604701\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/70604701_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a signing ceremony for a compensation agreement related to the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on October 25, 2024\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Lula won applause for the audience for his criticism of the mining firms<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Mateus Bonomi\/Anadolu\/picture alliance <\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What disaster was caused by the dam collapse?<\/h2>\n<p>The collapse caused\u00a0the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, which ravaged\u00a0entire villages.<\/p>\n<p>The sludge was\u00a0enough to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools, which\u00a0polluted the Doce River for 420 miles to the Atlantic Ocean, while also flooding rainforest\u00a0and waterways\u00a0in two neighboring states.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say the mouth of the Doce\u00a0and parts of the southeast Atlantic coastline are still contaminated with metals from the spill, affecting the area&#8217;s population of fish, birds, turtles, porpoises and whales.<\/p>\n<p><span data-slot-id=\"Article_InContent-1\" class=\"rich-text-ad\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Disaster &#8216;could have been avoided,&#8217; Lula says<\/h2>\n<p>Brazilian President <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva\/t-63309325\">Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva<\/a>, who attended the signing of the deal in the capital, Brasilia,\u00a0declared it to be the biggest environmental payout in modern history.<\/p>\n<p>We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; Lula\u00a0said at\u00a0a hall of the presidential palace, before accusing the mining firms of chasing profit over safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope the mining companies have learned their lesson: it would have cost them less to prevent (the disaster), much less,&#8221; Lula said at the ceremony attended by representatives of both mining firms.<\/p>\n<p>mm\/lo (AFP, AP, Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/brazil-seals-23-billion-from-mining-firms-over-dam-collapse\/a-70604440\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mining giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with Brazil&#8217;s\u00a0government to pay nearly 132 billion reais ($23\u00a0billion, \u20ac21.3 billion) in damages for a 2015 dam collapse that triggered &hellip; 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