Brazil Orders Vale, BHP and Samarco to Pay $9.7B in Damages for 2015 Dam Disaster January 26, 2024 By Mariana Durao A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais...
Vale-BHP Talks With Brazil on Mine Disaster Compensation Delayed December 8, 2023 By Mariana Durao Talks over a multibillion-dollar settlement for a 2015 mining disaster at an iron ore venture of Vale SA and BHP...
Vale Loses Bid to Block BHP’s London Lawsuit in Brazil Dam Case August 8, 2023 Vale on Monday lost a bid to block fellow mining giant BHP Group’s bid to have it share potential liability...
Mining Giants BHP, Vale Face Off in London Court Over Brazil Dam Damages July 13, 2023 Mining giants BHP Group and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday over who should accept legal and...
BHP Group Seeks to Delay $44B Brazil Dam Court Case in London March 30, 2023 Mining group BHP Group is seeking to delay a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil’s worst...
Miner BHP Potentially Faces $44B Lawsuit in London Over Brazil Dam Collapse March 16, 2023 Mining group BHP Group is potentially facing a 36 billion pound ($44 billion) lawsuit in London over Brazil’s worst environmental...
UK Judges Clear Path for $7B Suit Against BHP Over Deadly Brazil Dam Collapse July 8, 2022 By Jonathan Browning and Katharine Gemmell UK judges paved the way for a group of more than 200,000 people to bring a suit against BHP Group...
Brazil’s Vale CEO Says Dam Tragedies Were Wake Up Call on Safety, Green Policies October 6, 2021 By Marta Nogueira After two deadly dam disasters that made Vale SA a pariah of the global green movement, Brazil’s largest mining company...
Brazil Miner Vale, State Authorities Narrow Differences in Disaster Settlement: Reuters January 25, 2021 By Marta Nogueira Brazilian miner Vale SA and state authorities narrowed their gap in a potential settlement deal over the Brumadinho mining disaster...
TÜV SÜD Hit by ‘Significant Damages’ Claim in Germany Over 2019 Brazil Dam Tragedy January 22, 2021 German industrial inspector TÜV SÜD is facing a claim for “significant damages” in the first civil lawsuit on German soil...