Seven years after Brazil’s worst dam disaster, mining operations bounce back

Seven years after Brazil’s worst dam disaster, mining operations bounce back

BRUMADINHO, Brazil — In the rural community of Jangada, in the municipality of ​​Brumadinho in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, the water that supplies local families comes from springs that emerge onsite. In a Youtube video uploaded last December, local resident Lorraine Nascimento talks proudly about how “the water belongs to us.” More than 30 years ago, without any support from the state waterd board, Copasa, the residents built a system by thems…