London court hears mining group had reviewed generic risk of such an event in 2011 — four years before Brazilian dam burst
Senior managers at mining group BHP Billiton instructed employees to review the “outrage factor” of a tailing dam failing, years before just such an event at one of its joint ventures triggered an environmental disaster, the High Court in London has been told.
The correspondence — which discussed the generic risk of a tailing dam failure and not the Mariana site in particular — was cited on Thursday during a cross examination of Peter Beaven, BHP’s former chief financial officer. He was asked by Alain Choo Choy KC, representing the claimants, whether the existence of an “outrage factor” meant senior managers were “generally sensitive of the risk of a tailing dam failure”.
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