BHP faces $5-billion class-action in U.K. over 2015 Brazil dam failure GlobeBusiness
, including municipal governments, utility companies, indigenous tribes and the Catholic Church, according to law firm SPG Law.
Claimants allege BHP, the world’s largest mining company by market value, was aware of rising safety concerns, failed to act on repeated warnings from independent safety experts, increased industrial output of iron ore despite safety concerns and placed the pursuit of profit over human and environmental risk.
“BHP was woefully negligent in its duty of care and the damages sought are entirely commensurate with the devastation the company has wrought...,” he added.
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