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.

The head of global mining group Rio Tinto pledged to act if wrongdoing was discovered following the filing of sexual harassment lawsuits against the company. Brisbane-based law firm JGA Saddler this week filed a class action against Rio and BHP Group,

Rio Tinto and BHP are confronting class action lawsuits alleging that they created environments where female staff suffered systemic sexual harassment and gender discrimination at their Australian mining sites.