Brazil's Vale must change behaviour after deadly dam bursts - solicitor general


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  • Sunday, 03 Feb 2019

Rescue workers pause during a search and rescue mission after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale needs to change its behaviour, cooperate more with authorities and be more transparent after a deadly dam collapse at one of its mines that likely killed more than 300 people, Brazil's solicitor general said on Saturday.

Speaking with reporters in the town of Brumadinho, near Vale's Corrego do Feijao mine that collapsed late last month, André Mendonça added that Vale's actions had not improved since another deadly tailings dam collapse in 2015, the Samarco project that it joint-owned with BHP Billiton.

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