MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's police chief said Tuesday she stands by her statement praising officers involved in the shooting
STRIKE: Prices for platinum and palladium surged Tuesday after Lonmin, one of the world's largest producers of platinum metals, said Tuesday that
Prices for platinum surged Tuesday following a strike at a platinum mine in South Africa.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nine miners were injured Monday when a machete-wielding mob attacked union stewards and security guards opened fire with
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anglo American Platinum says nine South African miners were injured when its guards opened fire with rubber bullets to stop a f
LONDON (AP) — Mining company Anglo American PLC has posted a $1.5 billion net loss for 2012 due to weak commodity prices and problems with a
Supply worries pushed up prices for platinum and palladium on Wednesday.
PLATINUM JUMPS: Platinum prices surged Tuesday after the world's largest producer, Anglo American Platinum, said it plans to shut some of its mines
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Platinum prices surged Tuesday after the world's largest producer of the metal said it plans to shut some of its mines.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Lonmin Platinum said it must restructure its operations after violent strikes that caused the deaths of more than 40 people
SLUMPING COPPER: Copper dropped after unimpressive reports on September home sales and orders for long-lasting goods failed to ease questions
The price of copper has dropped after unimpressive home sales and orders for long-lasting goods failed to ease questions about demand for the
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Some 200,000 workers across South Africa will stop working later this week to protest official corruption and poor pay, a
The price of corn soared 5 percent Thursday after the government predicted that this year's harvest could be the smallest in six years.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of striking truck drivers protested Tuesday amid heavy police presence in central Johannesburg as labor unrest
NEW YORK (AP) — The prices of gold, most other metals and crude oil fell Wednesday, following the stock market down, as unrest grew in Europe and u
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Disruptions to South Africa's key mining sector increased as AngloGold Ashanti said Wednesday that strikers have halted all
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's labor unrest spread Tuesday from its mines to the transport sector, and the country's transport union said more
BRAKING NEWS: Shipping company FedEx is a closely watched measure of the worldwide economy, because how much companies ship is an important clue ab
Prices for industrial metals and oil fell Tuesday, as an earnings warning from FedEx gave traders more concern about a sluggish global economy.
NEW YORK (AP) — Prices for gold and silver jumped Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it would take aggressive steps to try to spur the U.S.
ALL THAT GLITTERS: The price of gold jumped more than 2 percent, and silver more than 4 percent, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke