[ferro-alloys.com]Iron miner Samarco, a joint venture of Brazil's Vale SA and Australia's BHP Billiton Ltd, expects to obtain next year all licenses needed to resume operations suspended after an environmental disaster, according to a written statement to Reuters on Tuesday.

The environmental agency for Minas Gerais state in Brazil said in a separate statement that it expects to conclude analysis of the licenses in the first half of 2019.

This story will be updated when more information becomes available.

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