Mining giants BHP Group and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday over who should accept legal and financial responsibility in a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion) lawsuit stemming from Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
BHP, which denies liability, applied in December to have Vale join the case and contribute to damages if they lose, but Vale challenged the London High Court's jurisdiction to determine the claim. The"BHP currently has no right to a 'contribution' from Vale under Brazilian law," said court filings submitted by Vale's lawyers.
"Has BHP satisfied the court that London is the natural forum for the dispute? The natural forum is Brazil," Vale's lawyer Simon Salzedo KC said on Wednesday. When the dam collapsed, 19 people were killed as mud and toxic mining waste swept into the Doce river, obliterating villages, contaminating water supplies and reaching the Atlantic Ocean more than 650 km away.
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