SAO PAULO -- Raging torrents from a ruptured dam swamped a small rural Brazilian city Thursday, killing four people and destroying at least 120 homes in a region already devastated by more than a ...

Fresh evacuations were ordered at the scene of Brazil’s deadly mine dam tragedy as the CEOs of the mining giants that own the operation made a joint visit. The executives’ visit to the Samarco iron ...

Nearly 300 people were missing, many feared dead, on Saturday after a dam collapsed at a mine in southeastern Brazil, according to officials and the mine owner, corporate giant Vale. Emergency ...

Five days after a dam collapse at a Brazilian mine, residents were mourning Wednesday the nearly 360 people killed and missing -- as well the river they live alongside, which is dying from spreading ...

A dam collapsed in southeast Brazil Friday, unleashing a torrent of mud that was feared to have killed a number of people living in an area close to the city of Belo Horizonte, a local fire service ...

When Brazil’s Mariana dam collapsed on 5 November 2015, Alinne Ribeiro’s husband was swept away in a cascade of mud and water. It was an environmental catastrophe which caused untold devastation in ...

SAO PAULO, July 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's Vale SA said on Monday that its second-quarter iron ore production tumbled almost 34% from a year ago as many of its key dams remained all or partially shut ...