A South African lawyer has signed up more than 6 000 plaintiffs from South Africa and Lesotho in preparation for a class action lawsuit against gold miners whose negligence allegedly resulted in workers contracting silicosis, a debilitating lung disease. The principal targets of the suit will be AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Harmony Gold, the country three biggest gold miners and producer DRDGold.
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Gold Fields Limited is a Global Compact participant since 2006. Anglogold Ashanti is a Global Compact participant since 2004. Both Anglogold Ashanti and Gold Fields Limited were Gold Contributors to the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2010 and 2011.
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