BHP, Vale and Samarco sign a R$170bn settlement over the Mariana dam

The settlement with Brazilian authorities, signed in Brasília, is worth R$170bn, about $30bn. It includes R$38bn already spent, R$32bn of resettlement and environmental work and R$100bn of new payments over 20 years. Vale raised its provision to $4.7bn and BHP said the deal was broadly in line with its $6.5bn provision.

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