BHP may face $44 billion lawsuit over Brazil dam collapse

Anglo-Australian miner BHP Group Ltd. is facing a potential £36 billion ($44 billion) lawsuit in the U.K. over the deadly 2015 iron ore tailings dam collapse in Brazil that killed 19 people, Reuters reported. The number of claimants in the lawsuit has more than tripled since 2015. The collapse of the Fundao dam, owned by the Samarco Mineração S.A. joint venture between BHP and Vale S.A., was also responsible for polluting the Doce river with mud and toxic mining waste.