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PRECIOUS METALS: Gold Cuts Losses, Traders Review Fed Statement
NEW YORK--Gold futures pared their losses in after-market
trading as investors sifted through the highly anticipated Federal
Reserve policy statement.
South Africa Platinum Sector Participants Meet to Consider Way Around Layoffs
JOHANNESBURG--Platinum-sector participants in South Africa met
Wednesday and promised to look for ways around laying off workers
amid weakening demand and lower prices for the metal, which has
been hit particularly hard by economic problems in Europe.
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Aquarius Platinum: Three Killed as Crowd Enters Kwezi Shaft
LONDON--Miner Aquarius Platinum PLC (AQPTY, AQP.LN) said
Wednesday that three people have died at its Kwezi shaft-production
unit near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West Province after
about 200 people, some of whom were armed and throwing petrol
bombs, forced their way onto the mine property.
Peru Miner Buenaventura Says New Prime Minister Is Taking the Right Steps to Resolve Social Conflicts
LIMA, Peru--Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN,
BUENAVC1.VL) said Wednesday that Peru's new prime minister appears
to be taking the right steps to resolve social conflicts in the
Andean country.
MARKETS
PRECIOUS METALS: Gold Cuts Losses, Traders Review Fed Statement
NEW YORK--Gold futures pared their losses in after-market
trading as investors sifted through the highly anticipated Federal
Reserve policy statement.
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