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Undated file photo shows a salesman showing a customer gold rings at a jewellery shop in Riyadh. (Reuters)


Saudi Arabia looking to boost gold industry

Saudi Arabia looking to boost gold industry

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi government is taking substantive measures to transform the Kingdom into a regional gold trading hub, according to a number of investors active in the sector. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Tariq Feteihy, an investor in the Saudi gold...
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Miners gesture as they pray during the one-year anniversary commemorations to mark the killings of 34 striking platinum miners shot dead by police outside the Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Johannesburg, in this August 16, 2013, file photo. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)


South African labour unrest spreads

South African labour unrest spreads

Johannesburg, Reuters—South Africa’s labor unrest widened on Thursday as tens of thousands of construction workers prepared to down tools next week and unions in the gold sector also signaled their intention to call a strike over wages. The escalating industrial...