UK: BHP faces £5bn lawsuit over Samarco dam collapse - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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7 Nov 2018 Story

BHP, Vale, Samarco

UK: BHP faces £5bn
lawsuit over Samarco
(joint venture BHP
Billiton and Vale)

Mining

dam collapse
Brazil, United Kingdom

Deaths, Environment:
General, Indigenous
peoples, Lawsuits &
regulatory action:
General

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24 Jul 2020 BHP asks UK court to dismiss class-action lawsuit over
Article the 2015 Samarco dam failure, citing existing Brazilian
compensation scheme

16 Jul 2020 UK: Court to hear jurisdictional issue in case against

Article BHP over Brazilian dam collapse

22 Nov 2018 BHP prepares for UK legal battle over 2015 Brazil dam
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19 Nov 2018 Vale & BHP Billiton ask 39 Brazilian municipalities to

Article withdraw lawsuits over Samarco dam collapse;
propose settlement

6 Nov 2018 BHP Billiton facing £5bn lawsuit from Brazilian victims
Article of dam disaster

5 Nov 2018 BHP Facing Multibillion-Pound Class Action Over

Article Samarco Disaster

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BHP asks UK court to dismiss class-action lawsuit over the 2015 Samarco dam failure, citing existing Brazilian
compensation scheme
Article 24 Jul 2020

UK: Court to hear jurisdictional issue in case against BHP over Brazilian dam collapse
Article 16 Jul 2020

BHP prepares for UK legal battle over 2015 Brazil dam failure
Article 22 Nov 2018

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