James Hardie Industries plc is a global building materials company and the largest global manufacturer of fibre cement products. Headquartered in Ireland, it is a dual-listed company, being listed on the Australian and New York Stock Exchanges. Its management team currently sits in Chicago...
Ben Hills investigates ; F irst he took aspirin, then he inhaled steam, then his doctor gave him some antibiotics. But there was no relief from the pain and the shortness of breath, so one day when he found himself gasping for air after the exertion of picking up a parcel from the floor, Reg Day went for a CAT scan and learnt a new word mesothelioma. “I couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t believe it was happening to me,” he gasps, in between raucous fits of coughing, “The doctor said I mig...
SYDNEY - The "highest echelons" of James Hardie's management knew of the dangers of asbestos dust and told senior staff to ignore publicity, a tribunal has...
Killer Company by Matt Peacock Review by Phil Shannon http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/42431 In 1978, John Reid, chair of James Hardie Industries, boasted: "Every time you walk into an office build...
The James Hardie House (also known as the Asbestos House ) is an Art Deco commercial building in Sydney, Australia. History The building, designed designed by Robertson and Marks in association with John Reid and Sons in 1927, was built in two phases. The first section of the building was ...
Ten years after the court case that forced asbestos manufacturer James Hardie to face up to the consequences of its deadly product, the company is accused of again playing hardball with victims.
An Adelaide court rejects James Hardie's appeal against liability in the case of a home renovator suffering terminal cancer — but he will receive substantially less than in the original judgement a...
James Hardie Industries began mining white asbestos in the small Aboriginal Australian community of Baryulgil in 1953. The company offered full-time jobs to residents from surrounding indigenous communities. Grateful for the opportunity, they accepted. But their new employers covered up the mine’s deadly working conditions. Located in the far northern coast of New South Wales, the mine was not one of the company’s priorities because its product contributed less than 1 percent to James Hardie’s profits, and much of its workforce were Abori ...
SYDNEY - Three directors of James Hardie Industries - including chairwoman Meredith Hellicar - have resigned from the construction company's board, after the...
Asbestos House: The Secret History of James Hardie Industries By Gideon Haigh Scribe, 2006442 pages, $39.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/36492 Asbestos House on the...