Largest Class Action Suit in English History Set to Launch Over Brazil Mining Disaster
Published on October 14, 2024
An Anglo-Australian mining company is being taken to court later this month over a mining disaster in Brazil, in what will be the largest class action suit in English legal history. BHP, a mining giant listed on the London Stock Exchange, will defend itself against allegations of negligence and attempt to avoid paying damages that could amount to 33.6 billion pounds ($44 billion) at a trial due to start on Oct. 21. The suit relates to the company’s role in the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Brazil, which killed 19 people and devastated the area in what is widely accepted to be one of the worst environmental disasters to ever befall the South American nation....