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Aquarius halts mining after platinum falls

Financial Times | June 11, 2012 | 3:54 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Africa Palladium Platinum 

Aquarius Platinum, the world's fourth-largest platinum producer by volume, has responded to a fall in prices for the precious metal by mothballing a mine jointly owned with Anglo Platinum, arguing that production had become uneconomic. A decision to...

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