Brazil to File $5.3 Billion Suit Against Samarco, Owners in Dam Collapse
27 Novembro 2015 - 7:20PM
Dow Jones News
RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's government plans to sue mining giants
Vale SA, BHP Billiton Ltd. and their joint venture Samarco Mineraç
ã o SA for 20 billion Brazilian reais ($5.3 billion) in response to
a catastrophic dam failure earlier this month, officials said on
Friday.
The civil suit was expected to be filed Monday, a spokeswoman
for the Environment Ministry said. The proceeds are intended to
create a fund to help recovery efforts in the Rio Doce, a major
river that was contaminated with mud and toxic metals in the wake
of the Nov. 5 collapse of Samarco's dam in Minas Gerais state.
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