Brazil has 3,943 mining sites showing signs of abandonment, or 11% of the country's authorized operations, according to a new ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is suing the giant mining company Vale, the Brazilian government and the Amazon state of Para over heavy metal contamination in ...

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer argued Thursday that global mining giant BHP Group should be held liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster 10 years ago when a dam collapse poured tons of toxic ...