RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - State prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais filed a lawsuit seeking 2.5 billion reais ($457 million) from miners Vale VALE3.SA , Samarco and BHP (BHP) related to a tailings dam disaster in 2015, according to a statement on Tuesday.
In a 2018 civil suit, the companies made an agreement to pay damages to the people affected by the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam, the statement said. But, according to the prosecutors, those obligations have not been entirely fulfilled.
($1 = 5.4651 reais)
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