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Update - United Kingdom group action
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Date 2 December 2022
Release Number 39/22
Update - United Kingdom group action
BHP Group Limited and BHP Group (UK) Limited (formerly BHP Group Plc) are defendants
to a group action claim brought by claimants in the English High Court seeking damages for
alleged losses in relation to the Fundão Dam collapse in 2015 (the English Proceedings).
The Fundão Dam was owned and operated by Samarco, a non-operated joint venture
between BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda (BHP Brasil) (a subsidiary of BHP Group Limited) and Vale
S.A. (Vale). Each of BHP Brasil and Vale holds 50 per cent of Samarco.
BHP Group Limited and BHP Group (UK) Limited have today filed their defence and a
contribution claim against Vale in connection with the English Proceedings. In their defence,
BHP Group Limited and BHP Group (UK) Limited deny the claims in their entirety. The
contribution claim contends that if the defence of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group (UK)
Limited is not successful and they are ordered to pay damages to the claimants in the
English Proceedings, Vale should contribute to any amount payable. The contribution claim
is a necessary procedural step given that Vale was not included as a defendant to the
English Proceedings. The English High Court is expected to hear the contribution claim
together with the main English Proceedings.
BHP will continue to defend the English Proceedings, which it believes are unnecessary
because they duplicate matters already covered by the existing and ongoing work of the
Renova Foundation and legal proceedings in Brazil.
BHP Brasil remains committed to continue working with Samarco and Vale to support the
local remediation efforts in Brazil through the Renova Foundation. Those efforts have already
provided approximately US$2.3 billion in compensation and direct financial aid in relation to
the dam failure to 388,000 people to 30 June 2022.
Authorised for lodgement by:
Stefanie Wilkinson
Group Company Secretary
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
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