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Gold Fields fires 8,500 striking workers as mining companies get tough on unrest

Marc Howe | October 23, 2012 | 11:41 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Gold Iron Ore Platinum 

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has fired 8,500 striking workers at a mine in South Africa following their failure to respond to an ultimatum to abandon the strike. Bloomberg reports that the retrenchments come just as other leading miners in South Africa...

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