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Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants BHP and Vale, arguing that the package is far too low.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims of a fatal dam collapse and interfere with a landmark lawsuit against BHP in the UK.

* Miner scraps $2.5 bln Olympic Dam copper growth plan on costs

BHP Group Ltd posted a 7.2% rise in first-quarter iron ore production on Tuesday, underpinned by stable demand from China, the world's top consumer of the steelmaking ingredient.

The union of supervisors at Chile's Escondida mine rejected BHP's final offer in contract negotiations on Friday, but the mining company said it would nonetheless meet again with the union in a last-ditch effort to stave off a strike.

The union of supervisors at Chile's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper deposit, began voting on Thursday on a new contract offer from majority owner BHP Group Ltd in a bid to stave off a strike.

BHP Group Ltd has suspended its membership of an Australian state mining lobby group that has campaigned against the Greens political party ahead of an election this month in coal-rich Queensland state.

BHP Group Ltd has suspended its membership of an Australian state mining lobby group which has campaigned against the Greens political party ahead of an election in the coal-rich state of Queensland this month.

Global miner BHP Group said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement to use more renewable energy at its coal mines in Australia's Queensland state which it expects will help it cut its indirect emissions such as those from fuel and power in the country by 20% in five years.

It may be a bit of an oversimplification, but in the current situation of the global coronavirus pandemic the world of commodities is effectively split between China and the rest.

BHP Group said on Friday it will closely monitor the work of industry associations to ensure they match its climate position on keeping the world's warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius.

BHP Group must commit to not damaging Aboriginal cultural sites as its expands its mining operations while a review of Australian heritage law is carried out, a shareholder group said in a resolution filed on Thursday.

The BHP Group mining company must commit to not damaging Aboriginal cultural sites as its expands its operations while a review of Australian heritage law is carried out, a shareholder group said in a resolution filed on Thursday.

Chile`s environmental watchdog said on Friday it would charge BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world`s largest, with drawing more water from the parched Chilean desert than its permits allowed for nearly 15 years.

Chile`s environmental watchdog on Friday announced a "serious" charge against BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world`s largest, for water misuse since 2005.

A Brazilian mayor, part of a 200,000-strong group claim against BHP over a 2015 burst dam, told an English court that suing the Anglo-Australian mining giant in Brazil would be like David fighting Goliath - without the biblical ending.

A Brazilian mayor, part of a 200,000-strong group claim against miner BHP over a 2015 burst dam, has told an English court that suing the Anglo-Australian giant in Brazil would be like David fighting Goliath - without the biblical ending.

* BHP says claim overlaps almost entirely with Brazil class action

Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian people and groups over the 2015 collapse of a dam that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster.