UK court blocks Brazilian dam disaster lawsuit against BHP
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A UK high court has dismissed a US$6.6 billion lawsuit – the largest group claim in British legal history – against mining multinational BHP over the devastating Samarco Mineração dam collapse in 2015, which killed 19 people and created the worst environmental disaster ever in Brazil.
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