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Platinum $ 1762.5 / ozt 2.89%
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Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986

Frik Els | January 08, 2016 | 2:21 pm Base Metals Battery Metals Energy Precious Metals Coal Copper Gold Iron Ore Palladium Platinum Potash Rare Earth Uranium Zinc 

[caption id="attachment_842044" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Miners ending their shift at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia in 1974. Wearing a red hard hat meant you were new on the job.[/caption] While the official US payroll numbers released on...

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