HALISTER: Brazil Prosecutors Seek 156 Bln Reais From Samarco, BHP, Vale

Brazil Prosecutors Seek 156 Bln Reais From Samarco, BHP, Vale

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil public prosecutors are seeking compensation from Samarco, BHP and Vale for 2015 dam collapse in Minas Gerais state, Celia Neri, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutors office in Minas Gerais state, said by phone.
  • Civil suit has 352 pages, results from 6 months of investigation, prosecutors said in statement earlier
  • Prosecutors presented the civil suit on Tuesday
  • NOTE: Vale and BHP are the joint-venture partners in Samarco, which had a dam collapse last Nov. that killed as many as 19 people
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