A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48bn). High Court Justice Finola O’Farrell said on Friday that Australia-based BHP was responsible despite not owning the dam at the time. A dam collapse 10 years ago unleashed tonnes of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream.
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