BHP, Vale in London court confrontation over Brazil dam damages
Mining giants BHP Group and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday over who should accept legal and financial responsibility in a potential 36-billion pound ($44-billion) lawsuit stemming from Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
Around 720 000 Brazilians are suing the world's biggest miner by market value, BHP, over the 2015 collapse of the Fundao Dam owned by the Samarco joint venture it operates with Brazilian iron-ore producer Vale.