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South Africa's gold miners await technology breakthrough to save them

Finance 24 | October 09, 2011 | 6:40 pm Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold 

Fin24 reports South Africa's gold mining industry is under such cost pressure, owing to gold reserves that are too deep to be mined profitably, that within a decade or two this could mean the end of the industry. That's why...

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