Industry
Mining and commodities
4 organizations and 16 assessed claims in mining and commodities.
Organizations
- BHP Group LimitedAustralia. 4 claims, 2 cases.
- Glencore plcSwitzerland. 4 claims, 3 cases.
- Rio Tinto plcUnited Kingdom. 4 claims, 3 cases.
- Vale S.A.Brazil. 4 claims, 2 cases.
Claims
- Supported9
- Partly supported2
- Contradicted1
- Outdated2
- Unresolved2
- Contradicted95BHP argued at trial in London that it was not a polluter under Brazilian environmental law and breached no legal duty, so it was not liable for the Fundao dam failure.
- Supported95Reuters reported in November 2025 that London's High Court ruled BHP liable for the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil.
- Unresolved59BHP said in November 2025 that the UK group action duplicates remediation and compensation already provided in Brazil or available under the Brazil agreement.
- Outdated79BHP said on 25 October 2024 that the BRL 170 billion Fundao agreement with Brazilian public authorities remained subject to approval by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- Partly supported82Public Eye said in August 2024 that Glencore was convicted following corrupt mine deals in the DRC and must pay a penalty of US$152 million.
- Supported75Glencore said in August 2024 that the Swiss and Dutch outcomes resolved the last of its previously disclosed government investigations into historical misconduct.
- Supported88Vale said in March 2023 that it would pay US$55.9 million to the SEC without admitting or denying the settled claims.
- Supported86The SEC found in March 2023 that a consultant working for Rio Tinto on its Simandou rights in Guinea offered an improper payment to a Guinean official and that the payments were not accurately recorded.
- Unresolved62Brazilian federal prosecutors charged that Vale and TUV SUD colluded to issue false stability declarations for the Brumadinho dam, and that 16 people committed qualified homicide.
- Supported93Glencore Energy UK Ltd was convicted in England of bribery offences and ordered to pay about GBP 281 million.
- Supported91The US Department of Justice said in May 2022 that Glencore entities pleaded guilty to bribery and market manipulation schemes and agreed to pay over US$1.1 billion.
- Partly supported72Vale misled investors about dam safety by relying on fraudulent stability certificates and stating that all its dams were certified stable, as the SEC charged in April 2022.
- Supported66Rio Tinto said its 2022 settlement with ASIC over Mozambique coal disclosures involved no findings of fraud or of any systemic or widespread failure.
- Supported73Vale said in February 2021 that it signed a global settlement for Brumadinho with the State of Minas Gerais and public authorities worth about BRL 37.7 billion.
- Supported73A federal parliamentary committee said in December 2020 that Rio Tinto let down the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura peoples over the Juukan Gorge destruction and should return all artefacts.
- Outdated86The UK Serious Fraud Office was investigating the Rio Tinto Group over suspected corruption in its Guinea business, as announced in July 2017.