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Brazil state judge accepts charges against Vale ex-CEO, others over dam burst

Former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman

Former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman

17th February 2020

By: Reuters

  

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RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian state judge has accepted charges against Vale former CEO Fabio Schvartsman and 15 others related to a fatal disaster at the iron-ore miner's Brumadinho tailings dam a year ago, according to a statement on Friday.

The move by a judge in Brazil's mining heartland of Minas Gerais follows charges filed by state prosecutors on Jan. 21 accusing the former CEO and other 15 people of homicide.

The Brumadinho dam burst in January 2019, unleashing an avalanche of muddy mining waste which killed an estimated 270 people, burying many of them alive.

The prosecutors allege Vale, Brazil's largest mining company, and German inspection firm TÜV SÜD systematically and intentionally hid information about safety issues at its tailings dams for years.

Lawyers representing Schvartsman said in a statement they expect to prove his innocence soon.

Edited by Reuters

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