Experts call for independent body to oversee new standard to prevent dam collapses at mines

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The benchmark has been introduced following the Brumadinho mine disaster in Brazil that killed 270 people in 2019

The chairman of the group behind a new standard designed to reduce the chance of deadly dam collapses on mine sites says an independent body should oversee the benchmark, rather than industry as mining companies would prefer.

 

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