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		<title>BHP Refused Permission to Appeal UK Judgment Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse</title>
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							<description><![CDATA[BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, in a London lawsuit potentially worth tens of billions of pounds. In November, London&#8217;s High &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP Liable for 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse, UK Court Rules, in Mammoth Lawsuit</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London&#8217;s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants&#8217; lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion). Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP, Vale Offer $1.4B Settlement in UK Lawsuit Over Brazil Mining-Dam Disaster: FT</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/08/08/834999.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 06:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil&#8217;s worst-ever environmental disasters, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The lawsuit stems from the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP, Vale Accused of &#8216;Cheating&#8217; UK Law Firm out of $1.7 Billion in Fees</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/08/01/834095.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[BHP and Vale are facing a London lawsuit from the law firm representing hundreds of thousands of people over Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster, alleging the companies sought to cheat the firm out of legal fees by procuring settlements. BHP said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP Faces UK Contempt Charge for Funding Case Over Brazil Dam Collapse</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[BHP faces a full contempt of court hearing in Britain for funding litigation to try to prevent some Brazilian municipalities suing the mining giant over one of Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disasters, London&#8217;s High Court ruled on Thursday. Thursday&#8217;s ruling is &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Six Years Post Fatal Disaster, Mines Start Global Waste-Dam Body</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/01/22/809078.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by Vale SA killed 272 people in the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazilian Court Clears Vale, BHP and Samarco of Criminal Charges in 2015 Dam Collapse</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale, BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the deadly 2015 Fundao tailings dam collapse, according to a statement from the court on Thursday. The dam collapse at an &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil Seals $30 Billion Compensation Deal With BHP, Vale Over 2015 Dam Collapse</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/10/28/798731.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Brazil on Friday signed a 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) compensation agreement with miners BHP, Vale, and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015, one of the country&#8217;s worst environmental disasters. The collapse of the dam at the iron &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil to Sign Compensation Deal With Miners Over 2015 Dam Disaster on Friday</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/10/24/798366.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Brazilian authorities will sign on Friday a long-awaited reparation deal with miners Vale, BHP and Samarco over the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, the country&#8217;s presidential office said on Wednesday. The agreement will be signed in a ceremony attended by President &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mining Dam Disaster Deal Should Curb Lawsuits Against Vale and BHP, Sources Say</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/10/22/798143.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits against the mining companies in the South &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil to Seal $30B Compensation Deal With Miners Over 2015 Dam Collapse: Sources</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/10/21/797941.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Miners Vale, BHP and Samarco are discussing a near $30 billion compensation deal with Brazilian authorities related to the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, they said on Friday, with an agreement set to be signed on Oct. 25, sources said. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil Confirms Potential $18B Deal With Miners Involved in Deadly Dam Disaster</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/09/17/793256.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of miners involved in a deadly 2015 dam collapse, saying the deal could also involve further repair work by the companies &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP Must Stop Funding Legal Action to Halt Mariana Dam Claim, London Court Rules</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/07/24/785353.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disasters, London&#8217;s High Court ruled on Tuesday. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including around 50 municipalities, are &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Claimants for Deadly Mariana Dam Collapse File Injunction Against BHP, Vale</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for &#8220;trying to derail&#8221; a potential 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including 46 local &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil States Ask Court to Double Amount Vale, BHP Should Pay for Mining Disaster</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/05/15/774200.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 06:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, must pay in damages for a 2015 deadly tailings dam failure, according to a legal document seen &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil Rejects Vale, BHP Settlement Offer for Deadly 2015 Mining Disaster</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/05/06/772942.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 08:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the deadly 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, the federal government said on Friday. The statement did not include Minas Gerais state, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vale, BHP Offer $25B Settlement for Mining Disaster, but Brazil Authorities Want More</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, but local prosecutors still want them to bump up their offer. The proposal, the Brazilian &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vale Faces $3.8 Billion Claim in Dutch Case Over Mariana Dam Break in Brazil</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam break in Brazil are seeking about 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) in compensation from mining companies Vale and Samarco in a new lawsuit launched in the Netherlands, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The compensation &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil Orders Vale, BHP and Samarco to Pay $9.7B in Damages for 2015 Dam Disaster</title>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.67 billion) in damages for a 2015 tailings dam burst, according to a legal decision on Thursday seen by Reuters. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazil Fines Vale $16.9M for Lack of Reliable Details About Collapsed Tailings Dam</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Vale SA was fined 86.3 million real ($16.9 million) for not giving Brazil&#8217;s mining regulator accurate information on the conditions at a tailings dam that collapsed three years ago, killing 270 people in the deadliest mining disaster in the country&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over &#8216;False and Misleading&#8217; Claims About Safety of Dams</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures about the safety of its dams ahead of a 2019 disaster that killed 270 people. Beginning in 2016, Vale manipulated &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazilian Miners Likely to Miss Legal Deadline for Removal of Tailings Dams</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Vale and other Brazilian mining companies are set to miss a legal deadline in the state of Minas Gerais for the removal of all tailings dams built using a method linked to past collapses, and the industry is seeking to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>London Court of Appeal Agrees to Reopen $7B Brazil Dam-Collapse Lawsuit Against BHP</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2021/07/28/624572.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 06:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[London&#8217;s Court of Appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, reviving a case over a dam rupture behind Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster. Lawyers for one &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Final Settlement for Brazil&#8217;s Samarco Mining Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 Billion</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO – A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group and Vale SA, for the damage caused by a burst tailings dam in 2015 could reach 100 billion reais ($19.06 billion), the governor of the Brazilian &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>London Court Will Reconsider $6.9B Suit Against BHP Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[LONDON &#8211; London&#8217;s Court of Appeal will hear a request to revive a 5 billion pound ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining group BHP over a 2015 dam failure in Brazil, a court order showed. Judge Nicholas Underhill has agreed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2021/03/25/606967.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP over a devastating 2015 dam failure. The Court of Appeal agreed with &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brazilian Dam Claimants to Take BHP Class Action to English Court of Appeal</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was struck down last November, said on Tuesday they will petition the English Court of Appeal to review the case. &#8220;This &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse &#8216;Pointless and Wasteful&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2020/07/22/576489.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian people and groups over the 2015 collapse of a dam that led to Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster. Kicking off an &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anglo-Australian Miner BHP Faces $6.3B Lawsuit in UK over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a 5 billion-pound ($6.3 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP in Britain over a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster. The group claim, one &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mining Giant BHP Faces $5B Damages Claim over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/05/08/525867.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 09:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP is facing a landmark, $5.0 billion damages claim in England for being &#8220;woefully negligent&#8221; in the run-up to a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil&#8217;s worst environmental disaster, a lawsuit alleges. The claim, which will &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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