Store Tailings and People

mine: It failed, releasing 11.7m cubic metres of mud that swamped nearby buildings, according to The Guardian. It is believed the collapse killedabout 300 people. The dam, owned by the Brazilian mining firm Vale, was used to store tailings, the unwanted byproducts of an iron ore mine. FTSE 100 mining companies Anglo American, Antofagasta, BHP Group, Glencore and Rio Tinto have all received the letters, which give them 45 days to publicly disclose their dams' size, construction methods and safety records. They have asked each company to publish details of their tailings facilities, signed by the companies' chief executive or board chair. Some 96 investors, led by the Church of England Pensions Board and Sweden's public pension fund, have written to 683 publicly listed mining companies. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.