The total impact of the disaster, including the reason for failure and the environmental consequences, are officially under investigation and remain unclear.The Fundão tailings dam was constructed and owned by At approximately 3:30pm on 5 November 2015, the Fundão dam began to leak. This transformation from solid to liquid was abrupt, turning the dam into a fluid that behaved like water.
The owners of Samarco, BHP Billition and Vale, have earmarked US$1.3 billion to pay for damages. The Panel assessed and interpreted historical documents and information with the benefit of knowledge learned from intervening events.
Under the terms of reference, the Panel was required to provide its independent and unbiased professional judgment and expertise in connection with the technical analysis undertaken. ... the report said.
Responding to the tragedy following the failure of the Fundão tailings dam at Samarco on 5 November 2015 is a priority for BHP. In evaluating the information available to it, the Panel used its best professional judgment, but recognizes that others could reach different conclusions or ascribe different weight to particular information. These graphics may be simplified or not to scale and are intended only as an aid to the reader in the context of the discussion that they support. The extent of the damage caused by the tailings dam collapse is th… "There was a fundamental change in the design concept whereby more widespread saturation was allowed and accepted," There was increased weight on the tailings as the height of the dam was raised to more than 100m.This weight pushed clay-like silt in one part of the dam outwards "like toothpaste from a tube," ultimately causing the dam to collapse. In the report, graphics are used to depict information, locations and events. The deadly collapse of a dam at the Samarco mine in Brazil was due to design and drainage flaws, according to a report by joint owners BHP Billiton and Vale. The panel was commissioned by BHP Billiton and Vale SA, co …
Samarco reinforced the dam with … Canadian Mining Journal provides information on new Canadian mining and exploration trends, technologies, mining operations, corporate developments and industry events. The panel was commissioned by BHP Billiton and Vale SA, co-owners of the… Also a bank account was opened to receive cash donations.The Federal Government, through the Minister's Chief of Staff, Jaques Wagner, put the Federal forces at the disposal of the State of Minas Gerais. BRAZIL – A panel of four geotechnical experts has released its findings into the tailings dam failure at the Samarco iron ore mine on Nov. 5, 2015. The ITRB report concluded that the dominant factor determining the location of the Cadia tailings dam failure was the existence of a low-density foundation layer in the vicinity of the slump.
The Panel did not seek documents and information related to fault or responsibility nor did they endeavor to assign fault or responsibility to any person or party, to evaluate whether or not the failure could have been foreseen or prevented, or to gauge environmental or other downstream effects or damages of the Fundão Dam failure. The Panel members are Norbert Morgenstern, Steven G. Vick, Bryan D. Watts and Cássio Viotti, who have decades of geotechnical expertise, which they brought to bear in the months since this highly complex investigation began.
The Fundão dam had a catastrophic failure in 2015, causing flooding and at least 17 deaths. The Panel was constituted by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (“Cleary Gottlieb”) which was retained jointly by Samarco Mineração S.A. (“Samarco”) and its shareholders, BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda.