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Falling oil prices not so slick

Not all miners are happy with the devastation in crude markets

Oil has lost about three quarters of its value in 18 months (photo: Mawaride Group)

Oil has lost about three quarters of its value in 18 months (photo: Mawaride Group)

Last week, the price for Brent crude oil dropped through the US$30 per barrel mark and at time of writing was around US$28/bbl. It’s an unthinkable decline from the first half of 2012 when the price passed...

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