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Samarco setback

THE UK Court of Appeal has ruled that a US$6 billion civil lawsuit representing over 200,000 Brazilians impacted by Samarco's Fundao tailings dam disaster in 2015 may proceed.

Steven Swindells
UK court rules for Brazil victims.

UK court rules for Brazil victims.

The legal proceeding had halted in 2020 after the UK High Court ruled the case, brought against the BHP-Vale iron ore joint venture Samarco following the the dam collapse, to be an abuse of process.  ...

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