Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster took their case for compensation to a UK court Monday, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities.

The long-awaited trial, fueled by litigation funding, kicked off with accusations that global mining giant BHP knew that an excessive amount of toxic sludge was being held in a dam that burst in 2015,

BHP is cynically trying to avoid its responsibility for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, lawyers representing thousands of victims told London’s

A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London's High Court on Monday, with claimants seeking up to 36 billion pounds ($47 billion) in damages.

Australian mining giant BHP goes on trial on Monday over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially triggering billions of dollars in compensation to be shared among hundreds of thousa

Miners Vale SA and BHP Group are a step closer to finalizing a deal with Brazilian authorities to provide a multibillion dollar settlement for one of the country’s worst mining disasters.