Samarco [SEP] industry
Samarco
Samarco Mineração S.A. is a Brazilian mining company founded in 1977. It is currently a joint-venture between the Brazilian Vale and the English-Australian BHP, each one holding 50% of the company's stocks.
Structure.
Samarco is hosted in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. It has offices and mining facilities in Mariana and Ouro Preto, as well as in cities of Espírito Santo, such as Anchieta, which hosts the Ponta Ubu unity.
Environmental disaster.
On 5 November
, Samarco iron ore mine tailings dam failure, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo to the Atlantic sea. Brazil, November 2015
- Brumadinho dam disaster of an iron ore mine in Brazil, January 2019
Environmental disasters by category Industrial Oil industry.
- Lakeview Gusher oil spill in California, 1910 –1911
- Leaded gasoline introduced 1920s; phased out globally by 2012.
- Greenpoint oil spill in Brooklyn, New York, 1940s- 1980
- Mississippi River oil spill (1962–63)
- Torrey Canyon oil spill off the