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

BHP's liability in Brazil's worst environmental disaster is examined in a London High Court trial. The 2015 Mariana dam collapse, jointly owned by BHP, led to a lawsuit involving over 600,000 Brazilians,

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

BHP (NYSE:BHP) faces a massive $47 billion UK lawsuit over the 2015 Mariana Dam disaster in Brazil—considered one of the country's worst environmental disasters. The lawsuit will kick off on Monday in London's High Court,