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South Africa's mines minister defends safety stoppages

Mineweb | February 07, 2012 | 7:54 am Europe 

The minister says her department has been concerned about the platinum industry's contribution to deaths in the mining sector and defended safety stoppages which she says have contributed to a drop in accident rates.

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