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Brazil police accuse Samarco, Vale and executives in dam burst – report

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DAM BURST
Brazil's federal police informed mining company Samarco Mineração S.A. that some of its executives are accused of crimes relating to a dam burst in November that killed 17 people, a company representative said on Wednesday. Brazilian news website G1 said miner Vale SA, which co-owns Samarco along with BHP Billiton , Samarco CE Ricardo Vescovi, and a consulting firm that had audited the broken dam were also accused of unspecified crimes.
 
 
 
 
 

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