BHP Billiton agrees to pay out over Samarco disaster, but legal action continues
For earlier updates, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/2016/02/updates-on-bhp-billitons-brazilian-dam-disaster/. BHP agrees to $US2.3b Samarco settlement BHP Billiton’s Samarco joint venture will pay up to $US2.3 billion ($A3.15 billion) over six years after...
Cerrejon Coal: brutal evictions of villagers resisting relocation
La Guajira, Colombia: On Wednesday 24 February, the last family of villagers who had returned to the old village site at Roche out of frustration at conditions in the new settlement constructed by Cerrejon Coal were brutally evicted by Colombian police. The wholly... Updates on BHP Billiton's Brazilian dam disaster
For earlier updates, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Samarco. Brazil police may accuse Samarco execs of homicide in dam burst Brazilian police have enough evidence to accuse executives of miner Samarco Mineração SA with homicide over a deadly dam burst in...