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Three people shot dead after mob rushes Aquarius Platinum mine

Michael Allan McCrae | August 01, 2012 | 10:58 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Africa Palladium Platinum 

Three protestors are dead and 20 are injured at Aquarius Platinum's Kwezi shaft when 200 disgruntled former contractors, some carrying petrol bombs, forced their way onto the company's property on Wednesday. The mine shaft is located in South Africa, near Rustenburg. A security company,...

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