JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Wage talks between the world's top platinum producers and South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction workers Union (AMCU) collapsed on Wednesday, dashing hopes for an early end to a crippling six-week strike.
The stoppage - in a sector still raw from a series of violent strikes in 2012 - has hit over 40 percent of global production of the precious metal used for emissions-capping catalytic converters in automobiles.
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