Brazil sues BHP, Vale for 20b reais to clean up mining disaster
Suit requires BHP-Vale-owned Samarco to take immediate action to contain and reduce environmental impact of the dambust
Brasilia
BRAZIL filed a lawsuit on Monday against two of the world's largest mining companies for 20 billion Brazilian reais (S$7.3 billion) to clean up what it says was its worst environmental disaster, caused by the collapse of a tailings dam.
The governments of Brazil and those of two states hit by the damburst sued iron ore operator Samarco and its co-owners, the world's largest miner BHP Billiton Ltd and the biggest iron ore miner Vale SA.
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