Platinum up after killings
Investors sent platinum group metals higher after the massacre in South Africa.
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Oyu Tolgoi start-up, costs under threat from Mongolia–China stand-off
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PotashCorp shuts mine and Vale delays major project as potash prices decline
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Latest on South Africa mine clashes: 44 dead, 78 injured, 259 arrested
A standoff between hundreds of strikers wielding pangas and sticks at London-listed Lonmin's Marikana mine ended when police began firing on a surging crowds leaving many dead.
