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| Gold In The Low $600s? | | By David Galland, Editor, The Casey Report, 19 Nov 2008, 01:24 PM | | Of late, I have read a number of analysts, Jim Rogers even, who have expressed the view that gold could dip to the mid- to low-$600 level. |
| Platinum Market Likely To Show Deficit Due To Fall In South African Output | | By Charlotte Mathews, 19 Nov 2008, 09:50 AM | | Platinum was likely to trade between $700 and $1,400/oz and palladium between $125 and $300/oz in the next six months, depending whether markets remained bearish or recognised the positive fundamentals for both metals, according to Johnson Matthey's interim review. |
| Lonmin Takes The Axe To Costs | | By Charlotte Mathews, 19 Nov 2008, 09:19 AM | | Lonmin, the world's third-biggest platinum producer, announced drastic steps yesterday, including retrenchment, suspending growth projects and passing its final dividend, to weather low platinum group metals (PGM) prices and the credit crunch. |
| Sasol To Decide On Appeal For Wax-Cartel Fine | | By Siseko Njobeni, 19 Nov 2008, 09:46 AM | | Petrochemicals group Sasol is to decide on whether or not to appeal the ?318 million fine for its participation in a European paraffin wax cartel, in a few weeks' time, says spokeswoman Jacqui O'Sullivan. |
| Globalisation And Risks: Trends And Crises | | By Roland Spahr, 19 Nov 2008, 10:10 AM | | Globally integrated countries have suffered heavily from highly volatile stock markets during the current crisis. This article argues that globalised countries enjoy lower stock market risk in good times, but they suffer just as much in crises. Moreover, the transition to openness breeds financial instability. Policymakers need ways to manage these risk concerns. |
| New Study Highlights Mines' Use Of Subcontracted Labour | | By Luphert Chilwane, 19 Nov 2008, 08:59 AM | | Research findings by the sociology of work unit of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) revealed yesterday that more than 60% of platinum mines in the Rustenburg area employed subcontracted mineworkers to avoid direct accountability in cases of accidents and death. |
| COPE 'Misinforming Miners About Their Pensions' | | By Amy Musgrave, 19 Nov 2008, 09:05 AM | | The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has accused the Congress of the People (COPE) of starting a campaign of misinformation among miners concerning their pension funds in an effort to recruit new members. |
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