Brazil labor agency seeking $19.2M penalty against Vale

Feb 19, 2013 | 12:52 PM | Ana Paula Camargo

Tags  Vale, Maranhão, public civil action, Brazil, labor prosecution, Anya Gadelha, Maurel Selare, Christiane Nogueira Pier III

SÃO PAULO — The federal labor prosecution in Brazil’s Maranhão state has initiated a public civil action asking diversified mining giant Vale SA to pay 37.8 million reais ($19.2 million) in compensation for what the agency claims were violations of environmental and work safety....





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