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Samarco hit by new $44 billion lawsuit

Federal prosecutors in Brazil have filed a BRL155 billion (US$43.5 billion) civil lawsuit against iron ore miner Samarco, and its owners Vale and BHP Billiton, for the collapse of a tailings dam in November that killed 19 people and caused extensive environmental damage.

After the dam burst

After the dam burst

The lawsuit, which is also against the two states impacted by the spill, as well as the federal government, follows an investigation led by a task force set up after the disaster, prosecutors said in a...

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