The trial over damages from the 2015 Mariana mining dam disaster in Brazil has concluded. The dam was owned by Samarco, a joint venture between Brazilian mining firm Vale, and Anglo-Australian BHP. Previous posts on tailings dam collapses in Brazil can be found here.
More than 600,000 Brazilians, 46 local governments and about 2,000 businesses are suing BHP over the disaster in a lawsuit worth up to £36bn.
The lawsuit, one of the largest in English legal history, began in October and ended on Thursday with closing submissions.
“I will produce a judgment as soon as I can,” the judge, Finola O’Farrell, said as she announced the end of the trial.
A trial to decide Australian mining giant BHP's liability for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concluded in London on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation @CorpusculO https://t.co/VCfbzYgNw7
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 13, 2025
London trial concludes in largest ever UK group action — more than 600,000 Brazilians, 46 local governments and 2,000 businesses are suing BHP over Brazil dam disaster in lawsuit worth up to £36bn. https://t.co/IM92NOh7qZ
— Glaspell — Class Actions (@Glaspell) March 14, 2025
