Brazil's Vale resumes dividend payments 18 months after deadly dam disaster
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July 29 (Reuters) - The board of Brazilian mining company Vale SA has decided to resume dividend payments, which had been suspended since a Vale-owned dam burst in January 2019, killing hundreds, it said in a securities filing on Wednesday night.
The board also approved an interest on equity payment of 1.41 reais ($0.27) per share, to be paid on Aug. 7, the company said.
($1 = 5.17 reais) (Reporting by Gram Slattery and Sabrina Valle; Editing by Sandra Maler)
