Brazilian authorities investigating the fatal January collapse of a dam owned by...
FILE PHOTO: A view of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
State and federal prosecutors have recommended the “immediate removal” of CEO Fabio Scharvtsman and three other executives from “any functions or activities” at the firm, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo said, citing the document in which the recommendation was made. The document, sent to Vale, gives the company 10 days to respond. If the firm does not remove the people in question, prosecutors may request that the people be imprisoned, Folha reported.
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