Plans to increase South African mining exports could be undermined by the country’s well-publicised power shortages.
Ambitious targets for boosting the production of coal, iron ore and other dry bulk commodities for both domestic and export markets may have to be downgraded due to the South African government’s failure to predict long-term trends in electricity consumption....
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