Mining group BHP Group is seeking to delay a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil's worst environmental disaster as it needs more time to prepare, the company's lawyers said on Wednesday.
BHP's lawyers said the 2024 trial should be delayed to allow Vale to participate and to give BHP more time to go through an "enormous" number of potentially relevant documents.
BHP denies liability and in December applied to join Vale to the case. Vale has challenged the London High Court's jurisdiction to determine the claim, which will be heard in July. Reparation and compensation programs implemented by the Renova Foundation funded $6 billion in financial aid by the end of 2022, BHP added.
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