South Africa gold miners face class suit

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.

AngloGold, Gold Fields Face Court Battles Against Miners With Lung Disease

 Aug 19, 2011
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.  and Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) are among South African producers threatened with costly court battles as rights groups enlist thousands of former miners with work-related lung disease for a class-action suit. More on Bloomberg.