(Reuters) - South Africa's platinum boom has given rise to mushrooming informal settlements by migrant labourers around mines, posing serious health, social and environmental risks to communities, a report said.
The world's two biggest platinum producers, Angloplat and Implats, have announced multi-billion dollar expansion plans, but a report by the church-sponsored Bench Marks Foundation this week said many miners, especially contract workers, are falling through the cracks.
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The world's two biggest platinum producers, Angloplat and Implats, have announced multi-billion dollar expansion plans, but a report by the church-sponsored Bench Marks Foundation this week said many miners, especially contract workers, are falling through the cracks.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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