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Sibanye said previously that it could restart gold production at the suspended mine early in 2015, establishing a 50 000 oz/y operation initially, before increasing output to 100 000 oz/y in Phase 2.
“With the plan in place, it’s expected to take around 18 months for the mine to be up and running again, and then, perhaps after a year, it will get back to full production and be back at full employment. This may lead to the employment of even more people than [before]. It's a really big success story,” Kahn reiterated.