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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Olivier DEVOS

Trial Into Brazil Mining Disaster To Open In London

The 2015 collapse of the dam at an iron ore mine in Brazil caused an environmental disaster (Credit: AFP)

A long-awaited trial into whether Australian miner BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters opens in London on Monday, potentially triggering compensation totalling billions of dollars.

The High Court in London will over several months examine whether BHP was in part responsible for the collapse in 2015 of a tailings dam in Brazil that killed 19 people and caused huge damage to the environment.

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