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Article

17 Jul 2019

Author:
The Guardian

Brazil: Vale to pay out over $107 million for Brazil dam collapse

....Vale has agreed to pay out £86m ($107m) in collective moral damages and £150,000 ($186,000) to each of the close relatives of nearly 300 people killed when a tailings dam collapsed in January at its iron ore mine in Brumadinho...

... While some relatives expressed relief, others said the money would not compensate the loss of loved ones and expressed hope that ongoing criminal investigations would lead to prosecutions....

... "You can't pay for the loss of my son's life. You can't pay for the plans and dreams he had for the future," said Maraliz Fernandes, 60, whose son, the Vale geologist Wanderson da Silva, 38, was killed by the wave of mining waste unleashed when the dam collapsed. "Money will not pay for my peace, which left along with my son."...