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<p> This time last week libcom reported on <a href="http://libcom.org/news/600-mauritanian-gold-miners-launch-illegal-work-stoppage-07062012" class="bb-url">striking gold miners in Mauritania</a> - after five days of strike action, the miners have won their demands and returned to work. </p>

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<p> The miner&#039;s union, the General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers (CGTM) <a href="http://cgtm.org/spip.php?article1162" class="bb-url">reports that 1,500 workers staged a sit-in at the Tasiast mine during the strike, bringing all production to a halt</a>. This is estimated to have cost Kinross, the Canadian firm who own the mine, around $43,300 per hour. </p>

<p><a href="http://libcom.org/news/mauritanian-mining-strike-over-workers-win-their-demands-14062012" target="_blank">read more</a></p>