A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale , BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the ...

On November 5, 2015, the Mariana Dam collapsed in Minas Gerais, Brazil, sending 50 million cubic metres of toxic waste barrelling towards small villages. The incident killed 19 people and ...

He was one of 19 people that died after the Mariana dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November 2015. It is remembered as the worst ever environmental disaster in Brazil. The dam was owned ...

The dam collapse released toxic waste and mud ... Separately to these legal proceedings in Brazil, more than 620,000 people had taken BHP to court in the UK, where BHP was headquartered at ...

BHP denies responsibility. The collapse caused the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, which ravaged entire villages.

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of ...

where BHP was headquartered at the time, in a trial that started earlier this week. 'Nothing can bring a life back': Brazil dam collapse survivors speak as UK trial begins ...

settlement for damages emanating from the collapse of a tailings dam operated by its Samarco joint venture with Vale S.A. has been ratified by the Supreme Court in Brazil. BHP, which is facing ...

Gelvana Rodrigues’s son, Thiago, was seven years old when toxic mud flooded into their home and killed him. He was one of 19 people that died after the Mariana dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil on ...

BHP Group is waiting for the formal court ruling on the 2015 Fundão tailings dam collapse in Brazil. A court reportedly found ...