Legal setbacks against a dam in the Amazon raise questions about Brazil’s reliance on hydropower

Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

BHP damages trial over Brazil mine disaster to open in 2027

Australian mining giant BHP will face trial before a British court from April next year to determine how much it must pay in ...
Rome Sentinel

Brazil mine disaster victims in London to 'demand what is owed'

Victims of a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, for which Australian mining giant BHP has been found liable, attended a London ...

Mine collapses in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 dead

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said Saturday.
Newsday

FEMA aid for Stony Brook dam repairs unlikely, officials say, as they consider what's next

A Stony Brook nonprofit and elected officials in Brookhaven Town and Head of the Harbor are weighing their next steps after state officials signaled financial aid to replace a dam destroyed in an ...