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Vale signs $7bn settlement dispute over Brazil dam break

5th February 2021

By: Bloomberg

  

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Vale reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to production cutbacks that stripped the company of the title of world’s biggest iron-ore producer.

The agreement comes around the two-year anniversary of the Brumadinho disaster, giving affected communities a clear framework for compensation and reparations and removing a considerable legal overhang for Vale shareholders.

Vale agreed to pay 37.7-billion reais ($7.03-billion) in initiatives including payment of a cash benefit for the people affected by the break, and investments in environmental projects, according to a statement from Vale.

The two sides came together after Vale initially presented a value of about 21-billion reais, while the state of Minas Gerais outlined 28-billion reais in material damages plus 26-billion reais in moral damages.

Edited by Bloomberg

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