Tag: Samarco mine

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  BHP Billiton facing US$ 5 billion claim for damages over a dam collapse in Brazil

  

  Mining giant BHP Billiton is facing a US$5bn claim for damages over a dam collapse in Brazil in 2015. Law firm SPG, which is representing than 200,000 Brazilian claimants, said the company “knew of the risks” at the Samarco mine in Minas Gerais state.