Ex-Vale CEO charged with homicide for Brazil dam disaster

摘要

State prosecutors in Brazil have charged Vale's (NYSE: VALE) former CEO, Fabio Schvartsman, with homicide after the catastrophic tailings dam disaster a year ago at the company's Feijao iron ore mine in Minas Gerais killed more than 250 people. Schvartsman left his position at the company in March 2019. Homicide charges also have been levelled against 15 other people, according to a charging sheet seen by Reuters, while state prosecutors have charged Vale and its German contractor TUV SUD with environmental crimes.