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...If liability is established, a hearing to determine the size of possible damages could take place as early as October 2026, the judge ruled on Thursday....
...The accident occurred in November 2015 when a structure holding mining waste ruptured near the town of Mariana in Minas Gerais state....
...After the Mariana disaster they had originally filed a lawsuit demanding R$155bn in compensation....
...On Saturday a Brazilian judge in Minas Gerais froze $1.33bn of cash held by Vale to pay for damages and the state government slapped it with a fine of R$99m ($26m)....
...Whether the government has a ready list of such projects is difficult to judge. If they believe HS2 is such a project one cannot be too optimistic....
...Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation, University of Sussex The policies we are hearing about are knee jerk....
...California Judge Mariana Pfaelzer rejected the objections: “The Court has carefully considered and rejected each of the objectors’ arguments – presented in written submissions and at the fairness hearing...
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