Moody’s sends Vale tumbling with junk sentence

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Moody’s sends Vale tumbling with junk sentence

Vale, Fabio Schvartsman, Brazil, dam, LatAm
DF - Brasilia - 02/14/2019 - Brumadinho's external tragedy commission - Fabio Schvartsman, president of Vale, on Thursday, February 14, during Brumadinho's external tragedy commission held in the Chamber of Deputies. Photo: Mateus Bonomi / AGIF/Sipa USA | AGIF/SIPA USA/PA Images

Brazilian mining giant Vale’s bonds led losses in emerging markets on Wednesday after Moody’s became the first rating agency to put the notes on the junk pile in reaction to a tragic dam collapse.

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