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Glitches and gripes blamed for CM slump

March 08, 2010 - 00:00 GMT

Hotline has become well used to falling production numbers in annual reports from the past 18 months after mining companies closed their operations and looked to limit their spending at high-cost operations during the financial crisis.

Hotline has become well used to falling production numbers in annual reports from the past 18 months after mining companies closed their operations and looked to limit their spending at high-cost operations during the financial crisis. But even she...

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