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Gold's drop destroying livelihoods

Ana Komnenic | August 14, 2013 | 9:16 pm Precious Metals Africa China Europe Gold 

Gold's decline may be bad for some investors but it's even worse for mine workers in the town of Dunkwa-on-Offin in Ghana. Bloomberg reporters recently visited the 33,000-person mining town to see how gold's drop has effect employment. Over the...

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