Australian-listed mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and alleged injustices which wouldn't be tolerated in better-regulated nations.
Across the continent, Australian mining companies have been implicated in deaths, cases of alleged negligence, illegal licensing, unfair dismissal, forced displacement and environmental degradation.
The stories in this report are from people across Africa, rarely heard outside their own communities.
View our unique multimedia report, Fatal Extraction: Australian mining in Africa.
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Caldwell Sichinga barely survived when a seven-meter steel tank exploded in 2009 on Paladin Africa’s mine site in Malawi. Two other subcontractors died in the blast. Mr. Sichinga is seeking compensation and has filed a negligence claim in the Malawi High Court against Paladin and the contractor he was employed by.Eleanor Bellhttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/eleanor-bellWill Fitzgibbonhttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/will-fitzgibbonChris Zubak-Skeeshttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/chris-zubak-skeesCécile Schilis-Gallegohttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/c-cile-schilis-gallegoSuzana Gashihttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/suzana-gashihttp://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/07/10/17622/fatal-extraction-impact-australian-mining-africa