Vale faces $3.8bn claim in Dutch case over Brazil Mariana dam break
Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam break in Brazil are seeking about £3-billion ($3.8-billion) in compensation from mining companies Vale and Samarco in a new lawsuit launched in the Netherlands, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The compensation is claimed on behalf of nearly 1 000 businesses and more than 77 000 individuals hit by the disaster, in a Dutch lawsuit brought by Ações do Rio Doce, a Dutch non-profit foundation.