News
10 November 2020

UK court throws out £5bn lawsuit against BHP over dam disaster

In:
Metals and Mining
Region:
Americas, Europe

A £5 billion ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group seeking damages after a devastating dam failure in 2015. A High Court judge in Manchester said managing the largest group claim...

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