Ghost towns haunt South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Shad Mohammed's electronics and household store in South Africa's platinum belt has survived a series of mining strikes over the 14 years it has been...
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Ghost towns haunt South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Shad Mohammed's electronics and household store in South Africa's platinum belt has survived a series of mining strikes over the 14 years it has been...
Twelve illegal miners rescued in South Africa, others stay underground
BENONI, South Africa (Reuters) - A dozen South African illegal miners were brought to the surface on Sunday after being trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg, but an...
Twelve illegal miners rescued in South Africa, others stay underground
BENONI, South Africa (Reuters) - A dozen South African illegal miners were brought to the surface on Sunday after being trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg, but an...
South African police shoot dead striking miners
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing at least a dozen...
South African police shoot dead striking miners
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing at least a dozen...
Platinum firm Lonmin halts South Africa output after violence
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The world's no. 3 platinum producer Lonmin shut its South African mining operations and its shares tumbled on Tuesday after violence caused by a feud...
Platinum firm Lonmin halts South Africa output after violence
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The world's no. 3 platinum producer Lonmin shut its South African mining operations and its shares tumbled on Tuesday after violence caused by a feud...