Glencore court ruling in Zambia may trigger new pollution claims

Mining giant forced to pay damages after high court rules sulphur dioxide emissions at subsidiary copper plant led to death of politicianToxic fumes from one of Glencore’s copper plants in Zambia caused the death of a politician, the African country’s high court said, in a ruling that could trigger fresh claims against the company.The London-listed mining and commodities trader was ordered to pay 400,000 Zambian kwacha (£30,000) in damages to the widower of Beatrice Mithi, a po