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The company responded to ‘speculation’ regarding the Samarco incident in 2015 ... to the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, which led to the deaths of 19 people.
BHP owns 50% of Samarco, the Brazilian company that operates the iron ore mine where the tailings dam ruptured on Nov. 5, 2015. Enough mine waste to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools poured ...
BHP argues it did not own or operate the dam, which held mining waste known as tailings. It said a Brazilian subsidiary of its Australian holding company was a 50% shareholder in Samarco ...
BHP owns 50% of Samarco, the Brazilian company that operates the iron ore mine where the tailings dam ruptured on Nov. 5, 2015. Enough mine waste to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools poured ...