Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has lost an appeal in a London court seeking to block a 5 billion pound-plus ($6 billion-plus) lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilians over a dam failure that triggered Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrationhas lost an appeal in a London court seeking to block a 5 billion pound-plus lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilians over a dam failure that triggered Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the group lawsuit, which is seeking damages for the 2015 disaster and is one of the largest in English legal history, can proceed in English courts.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe collapse of the Fundao dam, owned by the Samarco venture between BHP and Brazilian iron ore mining giant Vale
, killed 19 people as more than 40 million cubic metres of mud and mining waste swept into the Doce river, obliterating villages in its path, reaching the Atlantic Ocean more than 650km away. Law firm PGMBM is bringing the case on behalf of Brazilian individuals, businesses, churches, organisations, municipalities and indigenous people such as the Krenak,The lawsuit is the latest to establish whether multinational companies can be held liable on their home turf for the conduct of overseas subsidiaries, emulating cases brought in London against miner Vedanta and oil giant ShellBut the case has had a turbulent start in English courts.
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