RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture ...

The collapse of the dam unleashed a torrent of over ... 45 kilometers (30 miles) from Bento Rodrigues, after the disaster. She received compensation for the death of her daughter but says it ...

In all, over 30 towns and villages were affected, with Bento Rodrigues one of the ... UK and Australia at the time of the dam's collapse, is liable for the disaster. Over 620,000 plaintiffs ...

A home that was destroyed by a dam break stands in ruins in Bento Rodrigues, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2024. Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, on Nov. 5, 2015 ...

with Bento Rodrigues one of the hardest-hit. On Monday, the High Court in London will began examining whether BHP, which had global headquarters in both the UK and Australia at the time of the dam's ...