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Ultimate responsibility for Samarco dam disaster will haunt BHP

  • Written by The Conversation
imageRescue workers remove a body from the banks of the Rio Doce, the site of the Samarco dam burst.Reuters/Ricardo Moraes

With 11 Brazilian villagers confirmed dead and reports of up to 15 still missing - presumably buried under an avalanche of red mud - principles and profit at BHP Billiton have come into harsh collision with each another.

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