Actors / Company · Australia
BHP
Appears in 6 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samarco Fundão dam collapse (Mariana): the settlement and the court cases | 50% owner; acquitted in Brazil; found liable in London | Brazil | 2015–2026 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Alto Mayo REDD+ project (Peru) | Credit buyer | Peru | 2012–2024 | Carbon credits |
| Ok Tedi mine (Papua New Guinea) | Former operator and majority owner; party to Dagi v BHP | Papua New Guinea | 1984–2025 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Renova Foundation (Mariana dam, Brazil) | Parent company of Samarco; secondary funder of Renova at 50% (BHP Brasil) | Brazil | 2015–2024 | Mining / tailings dam |
| Indonesian nickel oversupply: BHP Nickel West suspension and the LME green contract | Suspended Nickel West | Indonesia | 2023–2026 | Mining |
| Brazil's 2015 mining code draft was created on Vale and BHP's law firm's computer | Company served by the law firm that held the draft | Brazil | 2015 | Mining |
Appears alongside
Vale ×3Samarco Mineração ×2Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais (MPMG) ×2VogBRRenova Foundation (Fundação Renova)Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF)Government of Minas GeraisRegional Federal Court of the 6th Region (TRF-6)Supreme Court of BrazilHigh Court of England and WalesChubb Global MarketsAllianzMapfreFairfax FinancialWTW (Willis Towers Watson)Conservation InternationalVerraDisneyGucciSERNANP (Peru's protected-areas agency)Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML)Government of Papua New GuineaPNGSDP (development foundation)Fundação RenovaLondon Metal ExchangeIndonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP)Tsingshan Holding GroupZhejiang Huayou CobaltIndonesian Ministry of Environment (KLH)
Terms used on this page
Science and environment
- Tailings and tailings dam
- Tailings are the waste left after ore is processed; a tailings dam is the embankment that stores them as wet sludge.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.
Places and local terms
- Renova Foundation
- The foundation set up after the 2015 Mariana dam collapse to carry out repairs and compensation on behalf of Samarco and its owners.