South Africa mulls coal export curb

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"The minister and director-general met today and instructed Nhlanhla Gumede, chief of hydrocarbons, to begin developing exactly that kind of strategy," a spokesman for the Department of Minerals and Energy told Bloomberg.

State-owned utility Eskom said in January it could not guarantee supply and halted production of gold and platinum for about five days at most mines in South Africa.

London-listed Xstrata and Anglo American are among those forced to cut power use and mine output.

Sonjica ordered the review after South Africa's energy regulator said the government should investigate why Eskom exported power to neighbouring countries in a local electricity shortage.