{"id":11745,"date":"2019-03-03T15:44:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=11745"},"modified":"2019-03-03T15:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:44:24","slug":"vale-president-temporarily-steps-down-after-mine-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=11745","title":{"rendered":"Vale president temporarily steps down after mine tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VALE-SA-DISASTER_20190303-seo.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VALE-SA-DISASTER_20190303-seo-696x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BRASILIA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Brazilian mining giant Vale on Saturday accepted the temporary resignation of its president Fabio Schvartsman and three executives, weeks after a mine dam owned by the firm collapsed in the southeastern town of Brumadinho, killing 186 and leaving 122 missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement, Schvartsman and the other executives submitted<br>the requests for \u201ctemporary removal from office\u201d \u2014 which were accepted<br>immediately \u2014 after prosecutors recommended their dismissal on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a letter addressed to the firm\u2019s board of directors, which was leaked<br>to some Brazilian media, Schvartsman made the request \u201cfor the benefit of the continuity of the company\u2019s operation and support for victims and their<br>families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He defended his management in the wake of the disaster \u2014 but added his<br>presence at the helm of the firm, which is under investigation over the<br>tragedy, had come to be \u201cseen as an inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vale, meanwhile, said in its statement that it had appointed executive<br>director of base metals Eduardo de Salles Bartolomeo as interim CEO. However, it did not immediately confirm how long that interim period would be, or the company\u2019s long term plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vale, the world\u2019s biggest producer of iron ore, owned the dam that<br>collapsed on January 25, washing over the iron ore mine. Most of those buried under its thick mud were mine workers, though some nearby residents were also engulfed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far neither the company \u2014 which has been fined millions and had its<br>assets frozen to pay for future compensation \u2014 nor the authorities have<br>offered any explanation of what caused the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disaster was the second involving Vale in three years in the same<br>region of Brazil, after a 2015 collapse of another tailings dam at a jointly<br>owned mine that caused what is considered the country\u2019s worst-ever<br>environmental catastrophe. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRASILIA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Brazilian mining giant Vale on Saturday accepted the temporary resignation of its president Fabio Schvartsman and three executives, weeks after a mine dam owned by the firm collapsed in the southeastern town of Brumadinho, killing 186 and leaving 122 missing. According to a statement, Schvartsman and the other executives submittedthe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11745"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}