Holy flicking schnit26 Jan 2024 19:18
A federal judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP, Vale and their Samarco iron ore joint venture to pay 47.6bn reais ($9.67bn) in damages over a deadly dam burst in 2015.
The collapse of the Fundão dam in the south-east of the country caused a giant mudslide that killed 19 people.
It also severely polluted the Rio Doce river, compromising the waterway to its outlet in the Atlantic Ocean.