BHP Billiton Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie is silhouetted against a screen projecting the company’s logo at a round table meeting with journalists in Tokyo, Japan June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
July 23, 2018
(Reuters) – Global miner BHP said on Monday it has been served with a class action proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia in Victoria state regarding the 2015 Samarco dam failure in Brazil.
The miner intends to defend the claim, it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Aditya Soni in Bengaluru; editing by Richard Pullin)