Brazil's Coelho says Samarco may resume operations subject to conditions

Brazil's Samarco Mineração will be able to resume iron-ore mining operations should co-owners Vale and BHP Billiton come through with promised investments, Mining and Energy Minister Fernando Coelho said on Thursday. Samarco had operations halted last November, when a tailings dam at the mine burst and unleashed a mud flow that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless and polluted a major river.