After a meeting between authorities and the company about the Brumadinho dam burst in January 2019 that left 270 people dead, the state's Secretary General Mateus Simoes told journalists the state opposed both the amount and some of the terms offered by Vale.

"The value is still far from what we expect," the secretary said late on Tuesday. "We also don't agree with some terms set by Vale".

A further meeting has been scheduled for Dec. 9 and will focus on terms, rather than values, Simoes said.

Vale, which has not disclosed the values involved in the negotiations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On Monday, the company said it would continue to "have a constructive dialogue" with authorities.

($1 = 5.2926 reais)

(Reporting by Luciano Costa; Writing by Sabrina Valle; editing by Barbara Lewis)