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Kazakhstan mining giants seek to placate simmering labour dissent

IOL | July 1, 2012 | 12:14 pm Energy Coal 

At 65, Pavel Shumkin says he has lived a decade longer than the average coal miner in Kazakhstan. He recalls a time when he drank beer with his bosses after ascending, face blackened, from the coal face. “Now, these bosses have billions and I have my…

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