There was nothing eminent in BHP's operation of this mine. The issues which proved fatal were flagged in a 2013 report. The Brazilian government by my understanding are defendants in this action (being sued as well) not a party to the prosecution, due to their complicity in the negligence as per the paragraph below.
@The Minas Gerais state environmental prosecutor declared: "This is no accident. It is a mistake in operation and negligence in the monitoring." A 2013 assessment by the independent Brazilian organisation Instituto Pristino highlighted concerns about the integrity of the tailings dam and recommended against renewing the licence. That call appears to have been ignored@
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