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SAfrica's gold output falls 10.9 pct yr/yr in March

Tue May 13, 2008 5:11am EDT

JOHANNESBURG, May 13 (Reuters) - South African gold output fell 10.9 percent in volume terms, while overall mineral production declined 17.2 percent in March compared to the same month in the previous year, official data showed on Tuesday.

Production of non-gold minerals fell by 18.1 percent in March, Statistics South Africa added.

Mining output in South Africa has taken a hit after state-owned power utility Eskom [ESCJ.UL] struggled to provide sufficient power to mines, following a near collapse in the electricity grid in January, which led to a five-day countrywide mine shutdown.

Eskom has since supplied around 90 to 95 percent to mines in the country. (Reporting by James Macharia)



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