BHP employees face criminal charges over Brazil mine collapse

Mining major BHP Billiton has said it will defend charges against the company, after Brazilian federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against the company and some of its current and former employees. Brazil charged 22 people, 21 of whom are charged with qualified homicide and environmental crimes, including former iron-ore chief Jimmy Wilson, for the failing of a tailings dam at the Samarco project in November last year.