Up to 500000 miners may be eligible to seek damages for lung diseases,a decision that could cost the industry millionsSouth Africa’s High Court fill given the green light for class action suits seeking damages from gold firms, on behalf of up to half a million miners who contracted fatal lung diseases while working underground. The decision by Judge Phineas Mojapelo sets the stage for protracted proceedings in South Africa’s largest class action suit, or which analysts fill said could cost the gold industry hundreds of millions of dollars. Mining companies will be held liable or responsible for their own actions for illegal emissions Related: The price of gold: South African miners sue over devastated lives – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com