3 May 2018 · BBC News
South African gold miners gain $400m lung disease payout
Mining companies have agreed a 5bn rand ($400m, £285m) compensation deal for tens of thousands of South African miners who contracted deadly lung diseases while working underground. The miners contracted silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling dust from gold-bearing rocks, which scars the lungs permanently and often leads to tuberculosis. The companies involved — including Harmony Gold, Gold Fields, African Rainbow Minerals, Sibanye-Stillwater, AngloGold Ashanti, Anglo American and Goldvista Mining Group — have also set up a compensation fund worth almost 4bn rand for affected miners and the families of those who died.
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