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Most US mining and natural resources jobs lost in six years

Frik Els | June 05, 2015 | 12:40 pm Base Metals Battery Metals Energy Precious Metals Coal Copper Diamond Gold Iron Ore Potash Rare Earth Silver Uranium 

[caption id="attachment_806962" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Gloom and doom [/caption]While the official US payroll numbers released on Friday showing an increase of 280,000 jobs in May were welcomed across the board by economists, the natural resources and mining industry suffered its worst...

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