Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are taking their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday
Protesters stand outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, as lawyers representing around 620,000 Brazilians as well as businesses, municipal governments, members of the Krenak indigenous tribe are bringing a multibillion-pound legal action against BHP Group following the collapse of the Fundao dam in November 2015.
BHP owns 50% of Samarco, the Brazilian company that operates the iron ore mine where a tailings dam ruptured on Nov. 5, 2015, releasing enough mine waste to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools into the Doce River in southeastern Brazil. The case was filed in Britain because one of BHP’s two main legal entities was based in London at the time.
The potential settlement won’t have any impact on the London case, Pogust Goodhead said in a statement. Melbourne, Australia-based BHP said the possible settlement would resolve a claim filed by Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecution Office and other claims by Brazilian public authorities.
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