Brazil mining disaster: victims bring £36 billion case in UK court (dubbed)

When the Mariana dam burst in 2015 it created Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The dam had been holding back mining waste so when it burst, a huge wave of toxic liquid burst down a river valley, killing 19 people.

Today, one of the largest class action lawsuits in British legal history began at the High Court on behalf of more than six-hundred thousand victims.  Their £36 billion claim is against the Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP which co-owned the company in charge of the dam.