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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.

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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

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