A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale, BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the deadly 2015 Fundao tailings dam collapse, according to a statement from the court on Thursday.

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared BHP (NYSE: BHP) and Vale (NYSE: VALE), and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over the Fundão dam collapse that caused the country’s worst ever environmental disaster.

A court in Brazil has cleared BHP of responsibility in a criminal case over the Samarco dam collapse which killed 19 people and caused widespread damage to towns and the environment.

BHP Group said it was waiting to formally receive the court ruling on the 2015 Fundão tailings dam collapse in Brazil after media reports said a lower court has ruled that its unit and other firms are not criminally liable for the disaster.

A Brazilian court has cleared mining companies Vale, BHP Group, and Samarco of criminal responsibility for the 2015 Fundão tailings dam collapse. The ruling, contested by Brazil's Federal Prosecutors Office,

The BHP Group, as with other mining giants, has much explaining to do in the way it has approached the environment.  It has become a master of the

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster.

BHP (BHP) and their Samarco joint venture in Brazil of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster, according to published reports. The court reportedly said it found no conclusive evidence that "individual behavior contributed directly