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Miners file South Africa's biggest ever class-action lawsuit against gold giants

Marc Howe | December 27, 2012 | 1:04 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold 

Four thousand former miners suffering from lung disease have launched South Africa's biggest ever class action lawsuit against some of the world's leading gold producers. Al Jazeera reports the miners have filed affidavits in the High Court of South Africa...

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