SA mining production shrank more than the market expected in September, falling for an eighth consecutive month as a result of strikes in the sector and power cuts.

Stats SA said on Thursday that mining activity fell 4.5% year on year, after a drop of 6.4% the previous month and by more than market forecasts of a 4.05% contraction...

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