Platinum mine violence impact - could it spread to gold mines too?

``the issues which have led to the platinum mining violence are potentially mirrored in South Africa's gold mines - an even bigger sector (just) - and the government will be hugely worried about the potential spread of mine unrest given the potentially major impact on the South African economy of a mining meltdown.  South Africa may no longer be the world's largest gold producer - a position it held for nigh on a century, but it still remains one of the world's biggest and disruption here could have a very negative impact on global mine supply - and again lead to the permanent closure of some of the more marginal operations, which are struggling to stay afloat even at current gold prices. ''