A group of UN experts and a leading human rights organisation will apply today to play a role in court proceedings that could result in a judge approving a large-scale class action lawsuit against the London-based mining company Anglo American.
The lawsuit, filed in October 2020, accuses the company of negligence over its alleged failure to prevent widespread lead poisoning in the Zambian town of Kabwe, where its South African subsidiary is alleged to have played a key role in the running of a large mine from 1925 until 1974.
