Vale Mine Tailings Dam Failure: Corrégo do Feijão Mine - Brumadinho, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

New!  Dam déjà vu:  2 Brazil mining waste disasters in 3 years raise alarms
(Zoe SULLIVAN and Caio DE FREITAS PAES, Mongabay News; 11 February 2019)
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/dam-deja-vu-2-brazil-mining-waste-disasters-in-3-years-raise-alarms/
Dam holding back mine waste collapses in Brazil; 200 missing
(Anna Jean KAISER and Markcelo SILVA DE SOUSA; Associated Press; January 25, 2019)
https://www.apnews.com/b2d9d51f12c74b5ba0b755dfaedd3341

Brazil dam collapse: hundreds missing after mining disaster
(Dom PHILLIPS, The Guardian; 25 January 2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/brazil-dam-collapse-news-latest-mining-disaster-brumadinho

Prefeito de Brumadinho diz que tragédia deixou 'pelo menos 50 mortos' 
(Tatiana MORAES, Hoje Em Dia; 25 January 2019)   

https://www.hojeemdia.com.br/horizontes/prefeito-de-brumadinho-diz-que-trag%C3%A9dia-deixou-pelo-menos-50-mortos-1.688856

Website:


Corrégo do Feijão Mine 
(Mineral Resource Data System - USGS)
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10182434

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