Dams are built to control nature, but when they break, the damage can erase entire towns overnight. This video revisits nine of the worst dam disasters on record, what caused each collapse, and the ...

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

BHP's appeal against a ruling assigning it liability for the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil was denied by London's High ...

Mrs Justice O'Farrell ruled that BHP was liable for the dam collapse, one of the worst environmental disasters in recent years, leaving the mining giant facing a potentially huge damages bill of some ...

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it is liable for the 2015 ...

BHP has been denied permission to appeal a ruling that held them liable for the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil. The lawsuit could be worth up to £36 billion. BHP plans to approach the Court of ...

A car and two dogs are on the roof of destroyed houses at the small town of Bento Rodrigues after a dam burst in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, November 6, 2015 [File: Felipe Dana/AP] A judge in the ...