Bracewell are most popular: within Consumer Protection, Litigation and Mediation & Arbitration topic(s) The English High Court has found BHP Group (UK) Limited (the English parent company of global mining group BHP)1 and other group entities ("BHP") liable for the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil.2 The dam was owned and operated by Samarco Mineração SA ("Samarco"), a joint venture vehicle jointly owned by Vale S.A. and BHP Brasil (of which BHP was the ultimate owner).