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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6- Several hundred miners have ended a strike that started earlier this week and dragged down operations at Petra Diamonds mines in South Africa, a union spokesman said on Saturday.
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*Local NUM leader shot dead near Lonmin. Later on, a trade union leader was shot dead near a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin in a potentially explosive escalation of the two-month-old violent labour unrest that took the death toll to 49..
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- A branch leader of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers was shot dead on Friday near a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin as labour unrest sweeps the mining sector. NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka told Reuters the union leader had been killed "execution style" in the evening hours but gave no further details.
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CLGL is refinancing its existing capital structure in conjunction with acquisition by private-equity sponsor CVC Capital Partners.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.
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*All-share index up 0.88 percent at 36,588.67. *Top-40 index down 1.11 percent at 32,361.91. JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- South African stocks set a record high on Friday with mining shares among the top performers as investors chased bargains in the sector battered in recent days by a wave of wildcat strikes.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.
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JOHANNESBURG-- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 striking miners Friday for staging an unlawful strike that is one of several that are slowly paralyzing South Africa's crucial mining sector.
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*U.S. jobless rate tumbles to near-4 year low* Gold briefly goes sub- $1,780 before steadying* Data not seen altering U.S. employment trajectory By Clare Hutchison.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- The world's largest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, fired 12,000 workers taking part in a three-week illegal strike on Friday, following through on tough talk over wildcat stoppages in South African mines.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Shares in Anglo American Platinum rose more than 3 percent on Friday after the company said it had dismissed around 12,000 illegally striking workers at its Rustenburg operations in South Africa.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- World no. 1 platinum producer Anglo American Platinum said on Friday it had fired 12,000 workers taking part in a three-week illegal strike, following through on tough talk against the wildcat stoppages in South Africa's mines.
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CAPE TOWN, Oct 5- A strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa is costing the freight industry 1.2 billion rand in lost revenue each week, an industry body said on Friday.
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A jobs report looms and South African unrest weighs on the rand — it's time for your FX Fix.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Shell said on Friday it could not honour fuel delivery contracts around Johannesburg because of a two-week truckers' strike and police shot dead a striking miner, taking the death toll in two months of South African labour unrest to 48..
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LONDON, Oct 5- South Africa's rand plunged 2 percent on Friday to just shy of a three-year low against the dollar as labour unrest swept the country, while Turkish assets stabilised after the previous day's sell-off caused by political concerns.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Shell said on Friday it could not honour fuel delivery contracts around Johannesburg because of a two-week truckers' strike and police shot dead a striking miner, taking the death toll in two months of South African labour unrest to 48..
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*Gold hits highest since Nov 2011; just shy of $1,800* Coming up: U.S. non-farm payrolls, Sept; 1230 GMT By Clare Hutchison.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- A transport workers strike in South Africa has affected production at General Motors'. manufacturing plant in the east coast city of Port Elizabeth, the company said on Friday.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- South Africa's benchmark Top-40 index rose to a record high in afternoon trade on Friday as investors picked up recently beaten-down mining shares. The JSE Top-40 index rose 1.17 percent to 32,380.01 by 1051 GMT, after hitting a record high of 32,402.12. This beat the previous record of 32,381.54 set on Sept. 14.