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BRIEF-BHP Billiton updates on incident at Samarco

Published 09/11/2015, 10:08 am
Updated 09/11/2015, 10:10 am
BRIEF-BHP Billiton  updates on incident at Samarco
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Nov 9 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton (L:BLT) Ltd BHP.AX :

* Update - incident at samarco BHP.AX

* Says number of people in the communities impacted by the incident is yet to be confirmed

* Says at this time, there is no confirmation of the causes of the tailings release

* Says fundão dam failed and the downstream santarém dam has been affected

* Details are still emerging in relation to the samarco employees and contractors impacted by the incident

* Local authorities have reported that, at this stage there are at least 15 people from the communities unaccounted for

* Says following this incident, BHP billiton's iron ore production guidance for the 2016 financial year is under review

* Says samarco has advised that there is at least one confirmed fatality with a further 13 members of the workforce missing

* Says details are still emerging in relation to the samarco employees and contractors impacted by the incident

* Says the third dam in the complex, the germano dam, is being monitored by samarco

* Says BHP Billiton CEO, Andrew Mackenzie, will visit the incident site this week

* Withincomplex, the fundão dam failed and the downstream santarém dam has been affected

* Source text for Eikon ID:nASX4MCnSF

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