BHP held liable in U.K. court over catastrophic 2015 Brazil dam collapse

LONDON, U.K.: A London court has placed global mining giant BHP Group on the hook for Brazil's deadliest environmental catastrophe, ruling that the company bears legal responsibility for the 2015 dam collapse that sent toxic waste cascading through communities and into one of the country's major rivers.

High Court Justice Finola O'Farrell found that BHP was liable despite not