# Brumadinho dam disaster (25 January 2019)

URL: https://allhistories.com/brazil/timeline/2019-brumadinho-dam-disaster
Location: Brumadinho, Minas Gerais
Themes: Disaster

A tailings dam at Vale's Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine collapses, sending a wave of mud over the company's offices, canteen and nearby communities. About 270 people are killed, most of them Vale employees. The disaster occurs just over three years after the Mariana collapse. Vale later agrees to a large compensation settlement with Minas Gerais.

## Why it matters
It was one of the deadliest mining disasters in the world and led to a ban on upstream tailings dams in Brazil.

Ruler at the Time: [Jair Bolsonaro](https://allhistories.com/brazil/rulers/jair-bolsonaro)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Brumadinho dam disaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumadinho_dam_disaster)
- [Wikipedia — Vale (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_(company))
- [Wikipedia — Contemporary Brazil (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Brazil)