BHP must stop funding legal action to halt Mariana dam claim, London High Court rules

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BHP must stop funding legal action to prevent some Brazilian municipalities and victims from bringing the £36 billion claim over the Mariana dam collapse, a UK court ruled on Tuesday.caused a wave of toxic tailings that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests, and polluted the entire length of the Doce River.

BHP, the world’s biggest miner, is a member of IBRAM and funded it to make the claim at the Supreme Court. BHP and Vale will each pay 50% of any amount potentially payable to the claimants in the UK proceedings, the Netherlands proceedings, and other related proceedings in Brazil, BHP said in a statement.

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