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Brazil disaster puts spotlight on industry failings

Brazil disaster puts spotlight on industry failings

The collapse of a dam owned by the Brazilian company Vale ranks among the worst mining disasters in decades, with more than 300 people feared dead. Andres Schipani reports on the aftermath in Brazil and Katie Martin talks to Neil Hume, the FT's na...

FT News in Focus · Financial Times

January 31, 20199m 39s

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The collapse of a dam owned by the Brazilian company Vale ranks among the worst mining disasters in decades, with more than 300 people feared dead. Andres Schipani reports on the aftermath in Brazil and Katie Martin talks to Neil Hume, the FT's natural resources editor, about the wider repercussions for the industry.


Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Andres Schipani, Brazil correspondent and Neil Hume, natural resources editor. Producer: Fiona Symon


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