Claimants for deadly Mariana dam collapse file injunction against BHP, Vale

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Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for “trying to derail” a potential 36 billion pound London lawsuit.

Brazilian Mining Association IBRAM filed a motion in Brazil’s Supreme Court on June 11 seeking to stop around 46 municipalities from continuing in the London case on the grounds that doing so represented a threat to Brazil’s sovereignty. The London lawsuit is separate from litigation in Brazil, which mostly addresses claims from local governments and not individuals, Goodhead said.

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