Lawyers representing gold miners suffering from the deadly lung disease silicosis said on Thursday they had filed a class action lawsuit application against the South African arm of global mining…
Lawyers acting on behalf of workers who contracted silicosis after working on mines in South Africa say they will merge damages lawsuits filed against former employers. This article involves a…
Already buckling under huge operational costs and seemingly endless labour unrest, some 30 gold mine operators were last month slapped with litigation by thousands of their former employees. The plaintiffs…
…to contract silicosis, a debilitating and potentially fatal lung disease. Just before Christmas, Richard Spoor, a South African lawyer, filed papers with the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg requesting…
…the debilitating lung disease silicosis due to negligence in health and safety. The companies include London-listed AngloGold Ashanti. Also named is London-based Anglo American‘s South African unit. See http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1016343. …
