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Vale negotiating funds for Brumadinho disaster

10th December 2020

By: Reuters

  

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SAO PAULO - Iron-ore miner Vale and the government of Brazil's Minas Gerais state are negotiating an agreement to settle damage claims stemming from the 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster involving the injection of billions of reais into funds to be managed by the state government.

The talks on Wednesday focused on the governance of those funds, and would be followed by another stage of negotiations focused on the value of the settlement, sources close to the talks told Reuters.

The company said in a statement that the talks at a judicial conflict resolution center had advanced on "relevant points" and that no numbers had been discussed.

"Vale remains committed to building a global agreement with the government of Minas Gerais and the judicial institutions involved in the mediation process," it said.

It was agreed at the meeting that the company will extend emergency repair payments until January 31, 2021. A new meeting is expected to take place on Dec. 17, Vale said.

About 270 people died in January last year when the tailings dam collapsed.

Edited by Reuters

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