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...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court March 25, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9...
Brazilian Dam Claimants to Take BHP Class Action to English Court of Appeal February 3, 2021 Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was...
Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse ‘Pointless and Wasteful’ July 22, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian...
Anglo-Australian Miner BHP Faces $6.3B Lawsuit in UK over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster July 15, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a 5 billion-pound ($6.3 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian...