Australia Federal Court narrows BHP's suits over Samarco disaster
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ordered that the number of class-action lawsuits against BHP Group over a Brazilian mine collapse be narrowed to one from three. BHP is facing legal challenges over the 2015 collapse of the Fundao tailings dam, which stored mining waste at a mined owned by the Samarco joint venture between BHP and Brazilian iron ore mining giant Vale . The disaster killed 19 and spilled about 40 million cubic metres of sludge over communities and..