* October DES ARA cargo trades at $94/mt * Price floor seen around $90/mt LONDON Aug 23 (Reuters) - Physical prompt coal prices continued this week's downward trend on Thursday as prospects for rising Colombian exports and weak European demand pulled down the market, traders said. A Colombian rail strike led to a supply squeeze in the Atlantic basin early in … [Read more...] about Euro Coal-prices drop on improving Colombian exports
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UPDATE 1-South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage
* Memorial at "Hill of Horror' where police killed 34 miners * Zuma faces political pressure over pay, policing * AMCU stages rally after memorial, calls for wage increases * Industry fears contagion throughout S.Africa mines By David Dolan MARIKANA, South Africa, Aug 23 (Reuters) - South Africans held a memorial service on Thursday at a mine where … [Read more...] about UPDATE 1-South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage
UPDATE 3-Implats says South Africa labour unrest huge risk
* FY headline EPS drop 38 pct to 685 cents from 1,105 cents * Production down 21 percent at 1.45 million ounces * Cuts dividend to 195 cents a share from 570 cents * Platinum producers discuss collective bargaining (Adds details throughout and analyst quotes) By Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURG, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Industrial unrest at South Africa's … [Read more...] about UPDATE 3-Implats says South Africa labour unrest huge risk
S.Africa’s bond yields retreat on stimulus hopes
JOHANNESBURG Aug 23 (Reuters) - South African government bonds rallied and yields fell on Thursday on expectations the central banks of China and the U.S. could loosen policy further to help their flagging economies, boosting demand for higher yielding emerging market debt. But underlying worries of contagion from the debt problems in the euro zone continued to weigh on … [Read more...] about S.Africa’s bond yields retreat on stimulus hopes
Tennis-Texas Tennis Open women’s singles semifinal results
Aug 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Texas Tennis Open Women's Singles Semifinal matches on Thursday 3-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) 6-0 6-0 © Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved … [Read more...] about Tennis-Texas Tennis Open women’s singles semifinal results
