Streik an weltgrößter Platinmine eskaliert

REUTERSPolice arrest a protester near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and wate

REUTERSProtesting miners and residents confront the police near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear ga

REUTERSPolicemen open fire as protesting miners and residents burn tyres near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police

REUTERSProtesting miners and residents burn tyres near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear gas, rubber

REUTERSA policeman walks past makeshift barricades erected by protesting miners and residents near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. Sout

REUTERSProtesting miners and residents throw rocks at police near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear

EPAepa01225038 A general view of a platinum mine near Rustenburg, 100km north-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 January 2007. Gold and platinum prices reached record highs as precious metals were supported by the weak US currency, with platinum break

REUTERSA protester confronts a policeman near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear gas, rubber bullets

REUTERSProtesting miners and residents throw rocks at police near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious metal turned violent. South African riot police fired tear

EPAepa01225039 A general view of a platinum mine near Rustenburg, 100km north-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 January 2007. Gold and platinum prices reached record highs as precious metals were supported by the weak US currency, with platinum break

REUTERSLooters run from the police as thousands of protesting miners and residents burn tyres and torch a police office near Impala Platinums Rustenburg mine, February 16, 2012, as a month-long strike at the worlds second-largest producer of the precious