Rio de Janeiro, Nov 14, 2024 (AFP) - BHP, Vale cleared by Brazil court over 2015 dam disaster

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2024-11-14

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster. The court in Minas Gerais state, where the disaster occurred, said that there was no conclusive evidence that "individual behavior contributed directly and decisively to the collapse of the dam," according to the ruling seen by AFP. The......

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