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FILE PHOTO: A drone view of smoke from burning vegetation rising in a rainforest at the municipality of Bonfim, state of Roraima, Brazil February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Brazil launches platform to attract foreign investment for climate and ecological projects

Brazil launched a $10.8B platform at IMF meetings to fund green projects, targeting energy, industry, and nature solutions.

Cacique Bayara, leader of the Pataxo Geru-Tucuna village, located in the municipality of Acucena in Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaks to the media outside the Rolls Building of the High Court amid a lawsuit against the BHP Group over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam in Brazil, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
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BHP says claim it put safety over profit ‘unjustified’ in Brazilian dam collapse case

BHP denies profit-before-safety claims in Brazil dam collapse lawsuit, calling allegations unrealistic and unjustified.

FILE PHOTO: Cacique Bayara, leader of the Pataxo Geru-Tucuna village, located in the municipality of Acucena in Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaks to the media outside the Rolls Building of the High Court amid a lawsuit against the BHP Group over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam in Brazil, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo
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Dam disaster deal should curb lawsuits against Vale and BHP, sources say

Vale, BHP, and Samarco agree to pay $29.85B for Brazil dam collapse, potentially ending lawsuits and aiding reparations.

Monica dos Santos, 39, wears a T-shirt with the photos of victims of a dam break in Bento Rodrigues, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2024. Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, on Nov. 5, 2015, took their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. (AP Photo/Eleonore Hughes)
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Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court

The lawsuit at the High Court in London seeks an estimated £36 billion ($47 billion) in damages from the global mining giant BHP.

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Trailstone et Eurowind Energy entament une collaboration au Portugal

PORTO, Portugal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trailstone Group, une société énergétique et technologique mondiale fournissant des solutions de gestion des risques et d'optimisation pour les actifs renouvelables...

Monica dos Santos, who lost her house, poses for a picture at Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Washington Alves
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Brazil to ink deal with miners over Mariana dam collapse on Oct. 25

The agreement for Vale, BHP, and Samarco to compensate for the Mariana dam collapse is set to be signed on Oct. 25.

A man overlooks a derelict field.
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Trial into Brazil mining disaster to open in London

A long-awaited London trial opens to determine BHP’s liability in one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters.

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Vale and Green Energy Park Partner to Develop Green Hydrogen Supply Chain in Brazil for Future Mega Hub

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vale and Green Energy Park (GEP), an integrated European hydrogen company, have joined forces to deliver decarbonization solutions for the global steel...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Vale, BHP, Samarco could close $18 billion deal over Brazil dam collapse, sources say

Vale, BHP, and Samarco may settle with Brazil for 100 billion reais over the 2015 dam collapse, sources suggest October deal.

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Mantel Secures $30 Million to Bring Low Cost, Energy Efficient Carbon Capture to the Heavy Industrial Sector

With backing from leaders in the energy industry, the company is scaling its molten borate carbon capture technology, which could cut costs by...

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