China has given the green light for the construction of the world’s largest dam, set to be the most significant ...

Dozens of people died and hundreds are still missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in Brazil. The rupture ... dredging a section of the nearby river and constructing barriers to ...

Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive ... issued licenses to the consortium in charge of Belo Monte to build the massive dam on the Xingu River, a tributary to the Amazon.

Brazil storms have sparked floods and caused a hydroelectric dam to collapse ... raising the level of water in the Taquari river. The downpour started on Monday and was expected to last through ...

The head of Brazil's Vale mining giant has stepped down following the collapse of a dam which killed 186 people in the town of Brumadinho. Fabio Schvartsman and several other executives asked to ...

On Thursday, a hydroelectric dam between the municipality of Cotiporã ... State of emergency after Brazil river turns to foam. Video, 00:00:31State of emergency after Brazil river turns to ...

the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...

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A dam burst at a mine co-owned by Vale and BHP Billiton in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, submerging nearby homes and vehicles. Photo: Record TV ...

Brazil stringer photographer Leo Correa for a compelling story and photos on a mother desperate to find her son after the Vale mining dam collapse killed more than 100, with many still missing. In the ...