…BHP and Vale, the owners of the Samarco mine, have evaded accountability, claiming to be separate entities from its Brazilian operating company. This ruling refutes this defence, highlighting that BHP…
On 5 November 2015, the Fundão tailings dam, operated by Samarco, a joint venture between Vale and BHP, burst in Mariana, Minas Gerais. More than 40 million cubic metres of…
This blog is a collaboration between LMN and cosmopolíticas in Brazil. On 5 November 2015, the catastrophic failure of the Fundão dam operated by Samarco Mineração S.A. – a joint…
…of the list below. CompanyMarket cap (billion US$)Environmental Justice Atlas case1 BHP Group 126.04 https://ejatlas.org/conflict/samarco-tailings-dam-disaster-minas-gerais-brazil 2 Rio Tinto 95.70 https://ejatlas.org/conflict/rio-tintos-iron-mine-and-destruction-of-sacred-aboriginal-sites-australia 3 Southern Copper Corporation 76.75 https://ejatlas.org/conflict/las-coloradas 4 Zijin Mining Group…
Mangroves near the mouth of the Rio Doce, after the Samarco tailings dam disaster, November 2015. Photo: Nilmar Lage. The case in the High Court in London against mining company…
