Eight Vale staff arrested over dam failure

By Eduardo Simoes and Marta Nogueira
Updated February 16 2019 - 5:01am, first published 4:59am
Vale's tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, burst on January 25, killing at least 166 people.
Vale's tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, burst on January 25, killing at least 166 people.

Eight employees of mining company Vale SA have been arrested as part of a criminal investigation into the causes of a deadly dam disaster in Brazil.

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