Posted AT 8:01 AM EDT on 25/02/08
Gold Fields says jobs at risk as power crisis bites
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's Gold Fields, the world's fourth-largest gold miner, said on Monday it would scale back at some mines and trim production, putting 6,900 jobs at risk, in response to a power crisis which has reduced electricity for industry by 10 per cent.
Operations in South Africa's key mining industry were halted for five days last month because of an electricity shortage.
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