The death toll from the dam burst climbed to nine with 19 still lost as the company faced questions about regulation and huge clean-up costsThe crisis besetting BHP Billiton has worsened as the fallout from the Brazilian mining catastrophe,falling commodity prices and continued doubts about the strength of the Chinese economy sent shares in the mining giant to a fresh 10-year low. As the death toll from the collapse of two dams at its co-owned operation in south-east Brazil climbed to nine on Friday, shares in the company fell 3.45% to below $20 in Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com