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26/8/20

Reparation

Vale informs on the petition filed by the Public Prosecution Office of Minas Gerais and other bodies


Vale informs that it became aware, from a press note, of a request submitted today by the Public Prosecution Office of the State of Minas Gerais (MPMG) and other plaintiffs in the public civil action filed on January 25th, 2019, referring to socio-environmental and socio-economic damages resulting from the rupture of the Dam I, in Brumadinho, for which R$ 11.0 billion have already been presented in guarantees and judicial deposits.

Vale reinforces that this is not a new public civil action but claims in the lawsuit which in progress since January 2019.

In today's request, which will be ruled by Judge Elton Pupo Nogueira, the plaintiffs ask for collective moral damages and compensation for economic losses by the State of Minas Gerais. According to a release by the MPMG, among the specific requests, the freezing of R$ 26.7 billion was requested related to the compensation of economic losses by the State. Vale is not formally aware of the requests made and will comment on them in the proceedings records, within the period stipulated by the Judge.

The company reiterates its commitment to the reparation and the compensation of damages caused by the rupture of the dam, which started immediately after the event.

 

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