May 16, 2016· On Friday, Judge Phineas Mojapelo handed down the court's findings on the landmark silicosis judgment.. In the case of Bongani Nkala and 68 Others v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd and 31 Others, Mojapelo and two other judges addressed this question: can mineworkers and former mineworkers bring action for damages as a class, against gold mining .
South Africa - South Africa - Gold mining: Prospectors established in 1886 the existence of a belt of gold-bearing reefs 40 miles (60 km) wide centred on present-day Johannesburg. The rapid growth of the gold-mining industry intensified processes started by the diamond boom: immigration, urbanization, capital investment, and labour migrancy. By 1899 the gold industry attracted investment worth ...
May 03, 2018· MT. PLEASANT, S.C., May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A settlement agreement has been reached in historic litigation for classes of potentially thousands of South African gold miners .
Apr 02, 2020· While the cogs have turned slowly in what has been the first class action settlement of its kind in South Africa, mine workers that have been affected by occupational lung diseases including silicosis and tuberculosis from working in South Africa's gold mines will soon start being compensated by the companies for which they worked.
Mar 05, 2016· Former gold miners and relatives of deceased ex-miners have reached a landmark settlement of their long-running legal battle against Anglo American South Africa Ltd and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. The 4,365 Claimants sued the mining companies for dust-related lung diseases, silicosis and silico-tuberculosis, which they claim were contracted from ...
South Africa miners reach $400m settlement for lung disease. Gold producers reach a settlement with lawyers representing thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung disease.
.In May 2018, a landmark settlement was reached: R5 billion to be paid out over 13 years. Six mining companies are party to the agreement: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony and Sibanye-Stillwater.The Tshiamiso Trust was set up in terms of the settlement, with a mandate to ensure that those who ...
Nov 23, 2016· The Mines of South Africa can descend as far as 12,000 feet and reach temperatures of 130°F. To produce an ounce of gold requires 38 man hours, 1400 gallons of water, enough electricity to run a large house for ten days, and chemicals such as cyanide, acids, lead, borax, and lime.
(Reuters) — South African gold producers agreed to a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners who contracted the fatal ...
Oct 01, 2013· In the weeks to follow, the high court in Johannesburg will decide whether to collate three class action claims against 30 of South Africa's gold mines. This comes on the back of a landmark ...
Aug 03, 2019· The settlement is between the Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Working Group - representing African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American SA, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony and Sibanye Stillwater. Miners were represented by Richard Spoor Inc, Abrahams Kiewitz Inc and the Legal Resources Centre.
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May 03, 2018· JOHANNESBURG, May 3 (Reuters) - South African gold producers agreed a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners who ...
South African miners including Anglo American agreed to pay $400m to settle a class action launched by former miners who contracted serious lung diseases working in the country's gold shafts.
Jul 29, 2019· On 26 July, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted final approval of the historic settlement reached in May 2018 for thousands of South African gold mine workers and dependents of workers who developed tuberculosis, silicosis and other chronic illnesses after being exposed to toxic silica dust while working in the gold mines.
Gold miners in South Africa have been at risk for silicosis, a condition affecting the lungs that develops from exposure to quartz dust, and work-related tuberculosis, which spreads rapidly in the ...
May 03, 2018· This historic class action settlement, the first ever of its kind in South Africa, reflects more than a decade of preparation and litigation aimed at providing compensation to the gold miners .
May 16, 2016· On Friday, Judge Phineas Mojapelo handed down the court's findings on the landmark silicosis judgment.. In the case of Bongani Nkala and 68 Others v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd and 31 Others, Mojapelo and two other judges addressed this question: can mineworkers and former mineworkers bring action for damages as a class, against gold mining companies for negligence as .
Jul 27, 2019· Thousands of miners, ex-employees and dependents of deceased miners will finally receive compensation for suffering through tuberculosis or silicosis because of working underground in South African gold mines, following Friday's historic court decision.. The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement of a lengthy class-action lawsuit.
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May 03, 2018· JOHANNESBURG, May 3 (Reuters) - South African gold producers agreed a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners .
Jul 27, 2019· While the appeal process is ongoing, six of the largest companies form a working group and are reported to have set aside a collective R5bn to try reach an out of court settlement. The companies are African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American SA, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony and Sibanye Stillwater.
Jul 30, 2019· S outh African High Court on Friday approved a groundbreaking settlement on behalf of Southern African gold miners suffering from occupational lung disease.. The historic class action settlement, the first ever of its kind in South Africa, reflects more than a decade of preparation and litigation aimed at providing compensation to gold miners who suffered from silicosis and .
Utah officials announced a "landmark" settlement Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others in the massive release of contaminated sludge from the old Gold King Mine in ...
