Brisbane, Australia CNN —Lawyers for women who claim they’ve been sexually harassed while working for global mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto say they’ve been inundated with emails since filing two class action cases in an Australian court. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images‘Repeated sexual approaches’One case was filed against BHP and the other against Rio Tinto. BHP and Rio Tinto condemn behaviorClaims about the sexual bullying and harassment of women at Australia’s mine sites are not new – and in recent years both BHP and Rio Tinto have vowed to stamp it out. “We deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to anyone who has ever experienced any form of harassment at BHP,” a spokesperson said. “For many years, we have been focused on identifying, calling out and dealing with instances of disrespectful behaviour, including sexual harassment, racism and bullying,” the BHP statement said.

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