Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters
In 2015, a mine tailings dam failed near the town of Bento Rodrigues, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The collapse spilled about 40 million cubic meters of iron ore mining waste into the landscape, burying villages under mud, killing 19 people and polluting thousands of streams along the River Doce. …
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