A Brazilian court said on Tuesday it ordered mining giant Vale (VALE5.SA) to pay 340 million reais ($213 million) to a pension fund in a dispute over a gold contract signed in 1988.
Petros, a pension fund for employees of state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), bought gold from Vale in 1988 but later annulled the contract and asked to be reimbursed, according to the court statement.
The court ruled that the reimbursement did not adequately compensate Petros for inflation, which reached quadruple digits in the late 1980s. Vale officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.