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Article

21 Mar 2016

Author:
Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg Business (USA)

South African gold mining companies form working group to compensate workers for lung disease

"South African Gold Companies Form Working Group on Lung Disease", 20 Mar 2016

South African gold-mining companies, some of which are being sued for historical incidents of lung disease, formed a working group to pay compensation to affected workers and prevent new cases occurring. The group, which includes AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., Anglo American South Africa and Sibanye Gold Ltd., plans to set up a so-called legacy fund to supplement compensation paid by the state, it said in an op-ed in Johannesburg-based City Press Sunday. "While there rests a fiduciary obligation on company managements to vigorously defend the legal challenge they face, it is also within their remit to find a solution that could provide a mutually acceptable outcome for all parties concerned," they wrote...African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., Gold Fields Ltd. and Harmony Gold Mining Co. are also part of the working group.

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Anglo American's South African unit reaches confidential, out-of-court settlement with 23 former miners suffering from silicosis

AngloGold Ashanti silicosis lawsuit (So. Africa)

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