Brazil state law to ban dam used at Samarco mine could pass this year
July 20, 2016 at 11:32 AM EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - A Brazilian state law to ban upstream tailings dams, the design used for the dam that collapsed at the Samarco mine last November, could be passed this year, an environmental official for the state of Minas Gerais told Reuters on Wednesday.