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Brazil regulator to apply additional fines against Samarco

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TAILINGS DAM
Brazil's environmental regulator is planning additional fines against iron ore miner Samarco on top of the 20-billion reais in damages and clean-up charges the government is seeking, the country's attorney general, Luis Adams, said on Friday. The regulator, known as Ibama, has already fined Samarco 250-million reais in the aftermath of a rupture of a tailings dam that ravaged communities and contaminated a major river.
 
 
 
 
 

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