Vale/BHP?s Samarco to pay $5 billion in damages for dam disaster
Vale/BHP?s Samarco to pay $5 billion in damages for dam disaster
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Mining company Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton and Vale SA, reached a deal with the Brazilian government on Wednesday to pay an estimated 20 billion reais ($5.1 billion) in damages over 15 years for a deadly dam spill in **vember.