- 1. BHP on target for a successful year despite productivity losses
- (Latest)
- ... BHP agreed to fund US$438 million in financial support for the Renova Foundation until 31 December 2019 which will be offset against the BHP’s provision for the Samarco dam failure. In addition, in June ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 2. BHP reports a mixed bag for Q1 results
- (Latest)
- ... did not sustain major damage as a result of the cyclone, the port ramp up was slowed by localised flooding, processing wet material and equipment assessments. Mining and processing operations at Samarco ...
- Created on 18 April 2019
- 3. Dam rupture at Brumadinho mine in Brazil claims lives
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- ... The tragedy echoes a 2015 incident in the same region where the Fundão tailings dam burst at the Samarco joint venture between Vale and BHP, making it the country’s worst environmental disaster. On Sunday ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 4. BHP and Vale reach settlement with Brazilian authorities over Samarco dam disaster
- (Around the Region)
- Samarco and its owners BHP and its joint-venture partner Vale have reached a deal with Brazilian public authorities to settle a US$5.3 billion lawsuit related to the 2015 Bento Rodrigues dam disaster that ...
- Created on 29 September 2018
- 5. BHP settles US Samarco class action
- (Latest)
- ... of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc between 25 September 2014 and 30 November 2015 in relation to the Samarco dam failure on 5 November 2015. The Samrco iron ore joint venture (JV) between ...
- Created on 10 August 2018
- 6. BHP faces Samarco class action
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- BHP has been served with a class action in the Federal Court in Victoria (Australia) over the fatal Samarco iron ore mine disaster in Brazil. The class action, led by law firm Phi Finney McDonald, ...
- Created on 27 July 2018
- 7. BHP and Vale reach settlement with Brazilian authorities over Samarco dam disaster
- (Latest)
- Samarco and its owners BHP and its joint-venture partner Vale have reached a deal with Brazilian public authorities to settle a US$5.3 billion lawsuit related to the 2015 Bento Rodrigues dam disaster that ...
- Created on 29 June 2018
- 8. IRON ORE-MANGANESE – BHP resources increase
- (August 2008)
- ... the mineral resource at Samarco Mineracao has increased by 11% and the ore reserve by 30%, and at Samancor Manganese in South Africa the mineral resource has increased by 82%. The Western Australia Iron ...
- Created on 28 July 2008