London, Nov 14, 2025 (AFP) - BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court

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2025-11-14

A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in compensation. A dam collapse in 2015 at an iron-ore mine run by a firm co-owned by BHP killed 19 people and unleashed a deluge of toxic mud into villages, fields, rainforest, rivers and the ocean. "BHP are strictly liable as 'polluters' in respect of damage caused by the......

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