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...
Chilean State Sues Mining Companies, Alleging Environmental Damage April 11, 2022 By Fabian Cambero Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle over alleged environmental damage caused by their operations in the...
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...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
Vale Agrees to Pay Settlement of $7 Billion for Brazilian Mine Disaster in 2019 February 4, 2021 By James Attwood Vale SA reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to...
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...
Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Damages from Oil Pipeline Leaks January 29, 2021 By Diederik Baazil and Laura Hurst A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over...
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...