Vale, BHP make new offer on Mariana disaster reparations

Mining giants Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a new offer to settle reparations over the 2015 Mariana disaster, Vale said in a securities filing on Wednesday. The new proposal totals 140-billion reais ($26.09-billion), including 37-billion reais already disbursed in reparation measures, Vale said, confirming an earlier report from local newspaper O Globo.