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 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

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