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A small-scale miner in Tanzania who had become an overnight millionaire over a month ago when he unearthed two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found has struck it rich again, digging up a third stone weighing 6kg (13lb) with an ...

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South Africa police disperse 3,000 ‘violent’ miners

South African police said they used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse 3,000 “violent” striking miners in the restive platinum belt near Marikana, where 34 workers were shot dead in 2012.

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