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Half of South Africa’s gold mines operating at loss — report

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 09, 2015 | 7:15 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold Silver 

[caption id="attachment_833372" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Not even the country’s only fully mechanized gold mine, Gold Fields’ South Deep (pictured), is profitable at the moment .[/caption] South Africa’s miners, gold and platinum in particular, are facing a toxic combination of weak metal...

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