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Brumadinho dam failure (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Brumadinho dam failure  
Summary of changes in provisions to meet its assumed obligations, including de-characterization of the dams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

Impact on the

 

Present value

 

Disbursements

 

Translation

 

December 31,

 

    

2019

    

income statement

    

adjustment

    

(i)

    

adjustment

    

2020

Global Settlement for Brumadinho

 

1,916

 

3,872

 

(5)

 

(1,325)

 

(469)

 

3,989

Provision for individual indemnification and other commitments

 

1,067

 

258

 

10

 

(504)

 

(245)

 

586

De-characterization of dams

 

2,489

 

617

 

36

 

(293)

 

(560)

 

2,289

Incurred expenses (ii)

 

 —

 

510

 

 —

 

(510)

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

5,472

 

5,257

 

41

 

(2,632)

 

(1,274)

 

6,864

 

(i)  Disbursements include the release of judicial deposits in the amount of US$1,313  (R$6,900 million), of which US$274  (R$1,500 million) was released in the second quarter of 2020 and US$1,039  (R$5,400 million) will be released as provided in the Global Settlement. In 2019, the Company disbursed US$1,720  (R$6,885 million) in relation to the Brumadinho event. Of the total amount disbursed by the Company in 2019 and 2020, US$1,701  (R$7,777 million) is part of the total economic value of the Global Settlement.

(ii)  The Company has incurred expenses, which have been recognized straight to the income statement, in relation to communication services, accommodation and humanitarian assistance, equipment, legal services, water, food aid, taxes, among others. In 2019, the Company incurred expenses in the amount of US$730.

Summary of provisions related to dam failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

December 31, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

Payment obligations (i)

 

2,343

 

 —

Provision for socio-economic reparation and others

 

860

 

729

Provision for social and environmental reparation

 

786

 

1,187

 

 

3,989

 

1,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

Current liabilities

 

1,561

 

783

Non-current liabilities

 

2,428

 

1,133

Liabilities

 

3,989

 

1,916

 

(i)  As established in the Global Settlement, US$1,039  (R$5,400 million) in judicial deposits made by Vale in public civil actions due to the Dam I rupture will be released to the State of Minas Gerais to use in water security projects and to develop projects that will be proposed by the affected communities. Therefore, the provision already considers that these judicial deposits settled part of the obligations at December 31, 2020.