UK court finds mining giant liable for decade-old dam disaster in Brazil

Mongabay
Nov 14, 2025, 10:27 pm462 ptsHotTop
A U.K. judge has found that the Australian multinational mining company BHP is liable for a 2015 dam collapse in southeastern Brazil. The incident killed 19 people and unleashed at least 40 million cubic meters (almost 1.8 billion cubic feet) of toxic mine tailings onto downstream towns and waterways for 675…

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