News
05 August 2015

South Africa orders Glencore to shut coal mine over job cuts

Region:
Middle East & Africa

South Africa's mines minister has ordered Glencore to suspend all operations at a coal mine because of the way it planned to carry out job cuts. The country's mining industry is battling sinking commodity prices, rising costs and labour unrest. Glencore announced in July it would cut...

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