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Cases / Mining · Zambia · date not stated

Kabwe lead-poisoning claim against Anglo American is under appeal in South Africa

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Leigh Day reported that more than 95% of Kabwe's children have high blood lead levels and that no payment has been made. Amnesty International put the number of people in Kabwe at about 140,000 and said the company is shifting responsibility to others.

What?
A Zambian lead-poisoning claim against Anglo American is under appeal in South Africa. Leigh Day
Where?
Kabwe, Zambia; appeal in South Africa Leigh Day
When?
Amnesty item dated November 2025; Leigh Day item dated 2025. The sources do not date the exposure. Amnesty International
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
  • Kabwe claimants — no payment received so far Leigh Day
Harmed
  • Kabwe children — more than 95% have high blood lead levels Leigh Day
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Lead exposure in Kabwe; the sources reviewed do not set out the pathway. Leigh Day
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Amnesty International put the number of people in Kabwe at about 140,000 and said the company is shifting responsibility to others.

Leigh Day reported that a Zambian lead-poisoning claim against Anglo American will be heard at the Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa.

Leigh Day reported that no payment has been made and that the case is continuing.

Leigh Day reported that more than 95% of Kabwe's children have high blood lead levels.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. Ongoing
      Zambian lead-poisoning claim against Anglo American
      Supreme Court of Appeal · Civil · Kabwe claimants → Anglo American

      Claim over lead poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia, to be heard at the Supreme Court of Appeal. No payment has been made, per Leigh Day. Leigh Day

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say how many claimants are in the case or how the 140,000 figure is counted.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not give Anglo American's own response.
    • None on record A class action on behalf of about 140,000 women and children is cited without a source URL and is not used.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

    Communities and civil society

    Connected cases

    Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
    Terms used on this page

    Law and courts

    Class action
    A single lawsuit brought on behalf of a large group of people with similar claims.
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