On Wednesday shares in the world's largest miner BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) trading in New York closed down 6.6% while top iron ore miner Vale (NYSE:VALE.P) dropped more than 5% following news out late Tuesday that Brazilian prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit for 155 billion reais (around $43 billion) against the two companies for a fatal dam burst at their Samarco joint venture in November.
The suit also targets the 50-50%-owned mine operator Samarco Mineracao, Brazil’s federal government along with the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo state governments. Demands include an upfront payment of $2.2 billion according to Bloomberg.
Preliminary studies show the human, economic and socio-environmental impacts of the collapse of the dm are, at least, equivalent to those verified in the Gulf of MexicoThe Guardian reports that federal prosecutors from Minas Gerais where the iron ore mine is located based their damages claim on the clean-up costs associated with the oil spill at Deepwater Horizon, a rig in the Gulf of Mexico owned by BP
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