{"id":15133,"date":"2012-10-01T17:23:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/anglo-american-to-face-s-africa-silicosis-hearing\/"},"modified":"2012-10-01T17:23:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:23:42","slug":"anglo-american-to-face-s-africa-silicosis-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/anglo-american-to-face-s-africa-silicosis-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglo American to face S.Africa silicosis hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ed Stoddard<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Oct 1 (Reuters) – Anglo American Plc’s
\nSouth African unit will face a hearing next year to determine if
\nit is liable for miners who contracted lung disease silicosis
\nwhile working in the company’s gold shafts, lawyers for the
\nplaintiffs said on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Anglo American no longer has gold assets in South Africa,
\nbut the proceedings, initiated by 18 plaintiffs, have been
\nlaunched on the grounds that miners contracted the debilitating
\ndisease when the company still ran bullion mines.<\/p>\n

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The arbitration hearing is scheduled to begin on Sept. 2,
\n2013 and will be presided over by a panel including South
\nAfrica’s former chief justice, Sandile Ngcobo, they said.<\/p>\n

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“The hearing will determine if Anglo American South Africa
\nis liable to compensate the plaintiffs,” said Richard Meeran, a
\npartner at UK-based law firm Leigh Day Co, which is
\nrepresenting the miners along with the Legal Resources Centre
\nand Legal Aid South Africa.<\/p>\n

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A spokesman for Anglo American in South Africa said he was
\nnot immediately able to comment.<\/p>\n

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The case is separate from a silicosis class action suit
\nfiled in August against AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields
\n and Harmony on behalf of thousands of workers<\/p>\n

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In the Anglo American case, proceedings were first issued in
\n2004 by 18 former gold miners who are suffering from silicosis.
\nThree of these men have since died.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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