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A contract worker died following an incident at Rio Tinto's SimFer mine at the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, the world's largest producer of iron ore said late on Sunday, without providing further details. The miner said work had been suspended ...

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Chinese ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng together with Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen mark the first shipment of stone fruit to China that will enter the market duty-free. Image via @SAgovnews
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