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The Seda PLatinum Incubator supports entrepreneurs. Violent conflict arose during strikes in 2012. Mining accounts for 30.4% of provincial GDP. More than four mllion shares in goLd producer Harmony are to go to employees.
MAJOR COMPANIES
AngloGoLd Ashanti )(strata Alloys Samancor Rockwell Diamonds Gold Fields Harmony DRD Gold Village Main Reef Anglo American Platinum Impala Platinum Lonmin that was formed about two billion years ago. Different ore bodies are contained in the Merensky Reef and Pat Reef (platinum group metals) and the Upper Group 2 or UG2, which contains chromite. The biggest producers are Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin. Medium-sized producers include Aquarius Platinum, Platmin, Northam and RoyaL Bafokeng Platinum. Among the junior miners