BHP to defend Samarco Group Claim

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BHP Group PLC

08 May 2019

 

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Release Time	IMMEDIATE
Date	8 May 2019
Release Number	10/19

BHP to defend Samarco legal claim

BHP notes the media reports today concerning the group claim in the United Kingdom in relation to the Samarco dam failure on 5 November 2015.

BHP confirms that BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc have been served with legal proceedings filed in the Business and Property Courts of Liverpool, England.

BHP intends to defend the claim.

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