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Samarco's 200-Meter-High Mining Piles Worry Residents of Mariana

Another slap in the face. This is how Mauro Marcos da Silva, a member of the Fundão Dam Affected People's Commission (CABF), defines mining company Samarco's new plan to build two tailings piles in the municipality of Mariana, Minas Gerais. Each pile could reach up to 200 meters in height. One of them must be located less than 300 meters from inhabited homes. Bento Rodrigues and Camargos, the communities closest to the new structures, were the f…
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Another slap in the face. This is how Mauro Marcos da Silva, a member of the Fundão Dam Affected People's Commission (CABF), defines mining company Samarco's new plan to build two tailings piles in the municipality of Mariana, Minas Gerais. Each pile could reach up to 200 meters in height. One of them must be located less than 300 meters from inhabited homes. Bento Rodrigues and Camargos, the communities closest to the new structures, were the f…

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Agência Pública broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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