So. Africa: Gold mining companies form industry working group to address occupational lung disease, 18 Nov 2014:...Anglo American...AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony, and Sibanye...[are to] address issues relating to compensation and medical care for OLD [occupational lung disease] within the gold mining industry....The companies intend...design[ing] and implement[ing] a comprehensive solution that was fair to past, present, and future gold miners, and sustainable for the sector. "....[T]he companies are arranging initial meetings with the departments of health, labour and mineral resources, organised labour, legal representatives of claimants, and other mining companies," the[y]...said. The companies are among respondent companies in a number of lawsuits related to occupational lung disease."These companies do not believe that they are liable in respect of the claims brought, and...are defending these."...[H]owever..."[t]he companies active in gold mining have been working for many years to try to eliminate the incidence of occupational lung disease through improved underground dust management and other measures," they said...