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Glencore Xstrata fires 1,000 workers at South African chrome mines

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 03, 2013 | 5:18 pm Base Metals Africa Europe Platinum 

Newly merged commodity giant Glencore Xstrata (LON:GLEN) fired Monday about 1,000 workers across three of its chrome mines in South Africa after they staged an illegal strike last week, a spokesman for the company told The Telegraph. Despite the ongoing...

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