A GROUP of former staff from phosphate miner AsiaPhos have withdrawn all their court claims for severance pay, but are taking their fight to arbitration instead, the board disclosed on Friday.

CATALIST-LISTED Chinese phosphate miner AsiaPhos, which earlier this year saw a wholly owned subsidiary slapped by former employees’ claims for severance pay, said in a bourse filing on Friday that some of the claims have been voluntarily withdrawn.

PHOSPHATE miner Asiaphos said on Wednesday that 12 out of 20 ex-employees of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sichuan Mianzhu Norwest Phosphate Chemical Co, are appealing the decision by Mianzhu Municipal People's Court to dismiss their claims for severance pay amounting to 1.844 million yuan...

PHOSPHATE mining firm Asiaphos received notice that a claim by former employees of its wholly-owned subsidiary Sichuan Mianzhu Norwest Phosphate Chemical Co has been dismissed, following its hearing in Mianzhu Municipal People’s Court and follow-up mediation.