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Pocket of strength: employment in the mining industry

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | July 11, 2012 | 1:30 pm

Did you know that one of the industries that has seen the best job growth in the U.S. is mining? As you can see below, from the end of December 2007 through May 2012, U.S. employment in the mining sector...