Samarco Convicted on Appeal Over the Mariana Dam Collapse
A Brazilian appeals court has convicted Samarco and three former managers over the Mariana dam collapse that killed 19 people. Vale and BHP stay acquitted. The post Samarco Convicted on Appeal Over the Mariana Dam Collapse appeared first on The Rio Times .
A Brazilian appeals court has convicted mining company Samarco over the Mariana dam collapse that occurred on November 5, 2015, reversing a previous acquittal in November 2024. The court found that the company, owned by Vale and BHP, was responsible for the death and environmental damage caused by the dam failure, which resulted in the deaths of nineteen people.
Former managers Daviely Rodrigues Silva, Germano Silva Lopes, and Wagner Milagres Alves were each sentenced to between eight and nine years in prison. Samarco is banned from contracting with the government for ten years and must pay R$1 million (about US$196,000) to Brazil’s National Environmental Fund, plus an additional R$6 million (approximately US$1.18 million) in penalties. The company maintains it acted within the law and had no knowledge of the risks involved.
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