{"id":15247,"date":"2012-10-04T17:32:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T15:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/s-african-miners-launch-silicosis-case-against-anglogold\/"},"modified":"2012-10-04T17:32:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T15:32:27","slug":"s-african-miners-launch-silicosis-case-against-anglogold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-african-miners-launch-silicosis-case-against-anglogold\/","title":{"rendered":"S.African miners launch silicosis case against AngloGold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Oct 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Thirty-one former South<br \/>\nAfrican miners launched a case against world no. 3 bullion<br \/>\nproducer AngloGold Ashanti on Thursday in the<br \/>\nJohannesburg High Court, saying they contracted the lung disease<br \/>\nsilicosis while working in its shafts.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The case is separate from a silicosis class action suit<br \/>\nfiled in August against AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields<br \/>\n and Harmony on behalf of thousands of workers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In yet another case, Anglo American Plc&#8217;s South<br \/>\nAfrican unit will face a hearing next year to determine if it is<br \/>\nliable for miners who say they developed the disease when they<br \/>\nworked in gold mines it has since sold off.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AngloGold patently failed in its legal duty to protect its<br \/>\nemployees against excessive dust exposure,&#8221; said Richard Meeran,<br \/>\na partner at UK-based Leigh Day  Co which is representing<br \/>\nplaintiffs in both the AngloGold and Anglo American cases.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is high time that Anglo American and AngloGold set about<br \/>\nestablishing a settlement scheme to alleviate the suffering of<br \/>\nthe former miners and their families,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AngloGold Ashanti spokesman Alan Fine said: &#8220;We haven&#8217;t at<br \/>\nthis stage received any papers in connection with this reported<br \/>\naction.&#8221; The company offered no further comment.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In all of these cases, including the class action suit,<br \/>\nmining companies had declined to comment in detail.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Graham Briggs, the chief executive of Harmony, told Reuters<br \/>\nearlier this year the issue of silicosis was &#8220;a big topic&#8221; but<br \/>\nhe did not think it &#8220;class action material&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG Oct 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Thirty-one former South African miners launched a case against world no. 3 bullion producer AngloGold Ashanti on Thursday in the Johannesburg High Court, saying they contracted the lung disease silicosis while working in its shafts. 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