the Lawyers representing those affected believe that the mining company ignored the risks, and acted ”extremely reckless”.
– the Company acted too slowly and ignored the repeated warnings that dammexperter informed the company, ” says Tom Goodhead, a partner at the british law firm of SPG.
the law Firm representing 235.000 brazilians who filed suit against the mining company BHP Billiton to court in Liverpool. The lawyers are suggesting that it was greed that lay behind the environmental disaster.
the Company was concerned about the decreased revenue due to the falling world market price of iron ore and increased production. They chose to turn a blind eye to the dangers that led to the fatalities and destroyed communities, ” says Tom Goodhead.
Minas Gerais on 5 november 2015 and required the 19 deaths when gruvbolagets dust burst and the toxic lermassor from järnmalmsutvinningen drowned the village of Bento Gonçalves. Clay, which contained residues of heavy metals, flowed out of the river Rio Doce, which supplies 230 brazilian municipalities with drinking water. All the fish died and even the endangered sea turtles, which lay eggs where the river meets the Atlantic ocean, suffered. Over 700 people were forced to move from their homes.
Among those suing BHP Billiton are individuals, municipalities, companies, indigenous peoples and the catholic church. Mining company denies the accusations and announces that they will defend themselves in court. Previously mining company made a förliknelse with investors in the U.S. who sued the company because they lost their investment. The company is also struggling against its shareholders in Australia who sued the company. The current compensation of nearly 50 billion is the highest in Uk history.
The requested compensation is entirely in line with the havoc that the company inflicted on the people and the environment in Brazil, says lawyer Tom Goodhead.
the dam breach in Brumadinho occurred in January of this year. Foto: Douglas Magno/AFP
together with the brazilian mining company Vale, which stands accused in Brazil for having forged documents. According to the police investigation, hired the company, a Turkish consultancy, anti-bribery, wrote that there were some problems with the dam, despite the fact that the increased production led to an increase in the water level. The police have to interrogate 50 people and left over the investigation on a total of 2,500 pages to prosecutors.
– When it comes to the fakes we have enough evidence, say police investigators Luiz Nogueira to the Folha de S. Paulo.
mining company Vale is also behind this year’s dammolycka in the city of Brumadinho, which the 25 January killed 270 people when another dam burst in the state of Minas Gerais. Despite the fact that the Swedish AP-funds are the big investors in the two mining companies have the AP funds ‘ managers decided that they do not intend to sell holdings, but continues to support the suspects of the mining companies with the Swedish pension.
