BHP faces first step in $6.3 billion UK claim over Brazil dam failure
Claimants allege BHP ignored safety warnings as the Fundao dam's capacity was repeatedly increased by raising its height.
Claimants allege BHP ignored safety warnings as the Fundao dam's capacity was repeatedly increased by raising its height.
Tests, photographs and eyewitness accounts suggest diesel has reached Pyasino Lake, which Nornickel denies.
Now, Western Australia government wants to give indigenous groups more say over sacred sites.
Federation of Copper Workers calls for more safety measures at the company's sprawling operations.
Environmentalists have been campaigning since 2017 to stop a proposed bauxite mine in the Atewa Range Forest.
Unions say at least 2,300 of Codelco's workers have been infected with the virus since mid-March.
Civil society groups last month demanded an end to mandatory mine-site confinement policies put in place by copper and cobalt mining companies to avoid coronavirus outbreaks.
Unions had voted to implement a seven-day on, seven-day off shift schedule.
Measures such as trimming staff and tightening safety measures are now catching up with Chile's miners.
The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis.