Researchers from the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) and the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have found high levels of mercury in the blood and urine of people living on the ...

Braskem announced an agreement with the state of Alagoas to pay BRL 1.2 billion in compensation for ground collapses in neighborhoods of Maceió, the state capital. The disaster was caused by the ...

The ground above subterranean rock salt mines can begin sinking silently and gently—by just a few millimeters per year—as has been reported in Maceió, the state capital of Alagoas, since November. In ...

Video recorded by the civil defence authority showed murky water bubbling up in the Mundaú lagoon near the city of Maceió, where the mine is located. The closed mine was operated by Brazilian ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. All around the Pinheiro Baptist Church is abandonment. On either side of its white steeple stand houses and ...

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A rupture at a rock salt mine in north-eastern Brazil has heightened fears of an impending total collapse. Video recorded by the civil defence authority showed murky water bubbling up in the Mundaú ...