News
19 August 2021

Brazil prosecutors seek to force Vale, BHP to pay off Samarco's debt

In:
Metals and Mining
Region:
Americas

Brazilian prosecutors asked a bankruptcy court to compel miners Vale and BHP Group to fully pay off their Samarco joint venture's BRL50.7 billion ($9.47 billion) debt.Samarco filed for bankruptcy protection in April as it struggled to restructure its debt, which it stopped servicing after a dam...

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