Johannesburg — SA's main gold and platinum mines had secured enough power to keep their expansion projects moving for the next two or three years, they said this week, but beyond 2010 they could not be certain of their electricity supplies.
Gold Fields, Harmony Gold Mining and Simmer & Jack are extending existing operations or reopening mines where the electricity infrastructure is already in place, so they are not shelving any announced capital projects.
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