Brazil demands immediate US$15.7B payment for Mariana disaster

Brazil’s government is asking Vale (NYSE: VALE), BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), and their joint venture Samarco to cough up US$15.7-billion (79.6 billion reais) in compensation for the Mariana tailings dam burst in 2015. The solicitor general’s office...