BHP facing $5bn suit for Fundão tailings dam disaster

The debris of the municipal school of Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst in November 2015. Picture: REUTERS/RICARDO MORAESAnglo-Australian mining giant BHP is facing a landmark, $5bn damages claim in England for being “woefully negligent” in the run-up to a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, a lawsuit alleges.

BHP spokesperson Neil Burrows said the miner intended to defend itself against the proceedings, brought in the north western English city of Liverpool. 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.”

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