Some 300g - a small quantity of oil - were found far from the region's most famous beaches, in the sand in the town of Sao Joao da Barra, as the spill moves southward.

Samarco, which runs the mine, is a joint venture between Vale and Australia's BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining firm. The contaminated water and mud traveled down the Doce river into the ...

Brazil Tanker Fire | Fuel Tanker Overturns, 27 Vehicles Torched In Fire On Brazil's Southern Highway A truck carrying ethanol ...

off Brazil's eastern coast. In May 2023, Ibama, the environmental regulator, rejected a license, citing issues such as a weak wildlife protection plan in the event of an oil spill that could affec ...

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has completed work on a veterinary center in the Amazon region that is required for ...

BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) - Brazil's government is preparing an extra auction this year of stakes in offshore oil areas to boost revenue, a plan gaining steam amid falling oil prices and rising ...

A proposed extension that would have brought crude oil to the Gulf Coast was shut down in 2021 after years of protests. The pipeline has had at least three significant spills since 2017 ...

Hours later the disaster was confirmed: The tide had moved a huge oil spill northward, and it had now coated 10 kilometers (6 miles) of coastline in black. The day after the spill, state oil ...

Brazil's government is preparing an extra auction this year of stakes in offshore oil areas to raise revenue, a plan which is gaining steam due to falling oil prices and rising uncertainty from U ...