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Diamond workers strike adds to South Africa mining woes

Frik Els | July 20, 2011 | 5:08 pm Precious Metals Top Companies Africa Europe Diamond Gold 

Employees of diamond mining company De Beers are set to go on strike on Friday after wage talks broke down on Wednesday. The workers follow tens of thousands of others in South Africa's coal, metals and petroleum industries who have...

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