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Johannesburg-based Amplats says one in five jobs will be lost in South Africa amid plunge in profitsThe platinum arm of Anglo American is to cut 3,700 jobs in South Africa as the British mining company attempts to improve performance in the troubled division.Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Monday it aimed to cut jobs after a sharp drop in platinum metal prices, which had...