The ruling potentially exposes the mining company to billions of dollars in compensation claims.

The 2015 Fundao Dam collapse - also known as the Mariana dam disaster - resulted in flooding that devastated two nearby ...

Australia’s biggest mining company is liable to compensate hundreds of thousands of people devastated by a fatal dam collapse ...

A London judge has ruled that BHP Group is liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The disaster occurred when a dam ...

TEN years after a wave of toxic sludge killed 19 people, a mining giant has now been found liable for the massive dam ...

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster ...

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Law firm Pogust Goodhead must reimburse 811,000 pounds to Brazilian mining group Ibram after dropping a lawsuit in London ...

The Fundao dam, located near Mariana, was jointly owned and operated by BHP and Vale's Samarco joint venture. Its devastating ...

Mining giant BHP could have to pay out billions of dollars in compensation after a UK court found it was liable for the Samarco dam disaster in Brazil that killed 19 people and released 43 million ...

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians, dozens of local governments and around 2,000 businesses sued BHP over the collapse of ...

A ruling against the world’s biggest miner could cost the company billions of dollars in extra compensation for hundreds of ...