BHP Billiton discussed ‘outrage factor’ of dam failure years before disaster

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Aerial view of damages after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil in 2015.

Pogust Goodhead, the UK law firm bringing the case in London, said the sums to be paid to victims under the Brazil settlement were inadequate.

BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is facing a multibillion pound claim brought on behalf of about 620,000 alleged victims of the 2015 disaster near the town of Mariana.