Mine Tailing Sludge from Brazilian BHP-Vale Samarco Dam Failure reaches the Atlantic Ocean

Brazil Prosecutors Narrow Probe of Vale, BHP Billington's Samarco Dam
(Paul KIERNAN, Wall Street Journal; November 24, 2015)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-prosecutors-narrow-dam-probe-1448410384

 Mining waste reaches Brazilian coast two weeks after BHP dam collapse
(Bruce DOUGLAS, The Guardian; November 23, 2015)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/23/brazil-dam-collapse-mining-waste-reaches-ocean-rio-doce

N. B.:  Videos of this disaster are embedded in the aforementioned article.

Samarco admite que barragens ainda podem se romper em Mariana (MG)
(Fabio BRAGA, Folha de S. Paulo; November 17, 2015)
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2015/11/1707591-samarco-admite-que-barragens-ainda-podem-se-romper-em-mariana-mg.shtml

N. B.:  A photo gallery of 94 pictures regarding this BHP-Vale Samarco dam failure is available in the aforementioned Portuguese news article.

Brazilian mining flood could devastate environment for years
(Stephen EISENHAMMER, Reuters, November 15, 2015)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/15/us-brazil-damburst-environment-idUSKCN0T40PY20151115#dsxjVvuj8Te1vLvQ.97


Website:


How are waste materials managed at mine sites?
(Environment; miningfacts.org)
http://www.miningfacts.org/Environment/How-are-waste-materials-managed-at-mine-sites/


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Proposed Rule for "Streamlining" the U. S. Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 - Comment Period Open until April 25, 2019!

Image
Trump might limit states' say in offsore drilling plan.  Here's how (Anna M. PHILLIPS and Rosanna XIA, Los Angeles Times ; March 21, 2019) https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-offshore-drilling-states-coastal-act-20190321-story.html Procedural Changes to the Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Process [U. S. Federal Register,  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ; March 11, 2019] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/11/2019-04199/procedural-changes-to-the-coastal-zone-management-act-federal-consistency-process N. B.:   All Public Comments for  NOAA-NOS-2018-0107  must be received by   April 25, 2019!   Featured Reminder... The 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill:  An environmental 'shot heard around the world' (Cheri CARLSON, Ventura County Star ; January 24, 2019) https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/01/24/santa-barbara-oil-spill-1969-envi...
Read more

Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling - Deposition and Redox Processes

Image
LI et al. , 2023 Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes                    (LI et al ., 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43164-8 Also... Artic Methylmercury Cycling (JONSSON et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722045430 Organochemical Characterization of Peat Reveals Decomposition of Specific Hemicellulose Structures as Main Cause of Organic Matter Loss in the Acrotelm (SERK et al. , 2022) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365595054_Organochemical_Characterization_of_Peat_Reveals_Decomposition_of_Specific_Hemicellulose_Structures_as_the_Main_Cause_of_Organic_Matter_Loss_in_the_Acrotelm/download Arctic mercury cycling (DASTOOR et al. , 2022) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359393988_Arctic_mercury_cycling/link/62693b8ebca601538b6d30dd/download
Read more