Brazil state prosecutor urges Vale, BHP to settle over dam disaster

Miners Vale, BHP and their joint venture, Samarco, should strike a deal to compensate for a deadly dam disaster in 2015 or risk paying a lot more in court, the Minas Gerais state prosecutor general told Reuters.

Last week a federal judge ruled that the firms must pay up to 47.6-billion reais ($9.67-billion) in damages, in a decision still subject to appeal.