REFILE-UPDATE 1-Brazil state eyes at least $5.3 bln Vale deal after dam burst, official says
Luciano Costa (Refiles with reporter byline, no changes to text) RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is hoping to win at least 28 billion reais ($5.3 billion) from a compensation deal with miner Vale SA after the 2019 Brumadinho deadly dam burst, a senior state official said on Wednesday. State and Vale officials will meet on Thursday, when it is expected talks on compensation will begin, ahead of a court-mediated hearing expected in January, said state secretary general Mateus Simões. “The idea is that we end the text discussion tomorrow and start the val...