UPDATE 1-Samarco, Brazil gov't move closer on $4.8 bln dam-disaster accord
January 21, 2016 at 18:18 PM EST
BRASILIA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's government and Samarco Mineração SA moved closer to a deal to settle a 20 billion-real ($4.8 billion) lawsuit for damages related to a deadly November dam disaster, Brazil's attorney general said on Thursday.
