Saturday, December 12, 2009

South African gold output continues to decline

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -

South African gold output fell 5.8 percent in volume terms and total mineral production dropped 8.5 percent in October compared with the same month in the previous year, official data showed on Thursday.

Production of non-gold minerals declined 8.9 percent, Statistics South Africa said on its website www.statssa.gov.za (Reporting by Muchena Zigomo)

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