South African miners in the country's leading platinum group metals, coal, gold and iron ore sectors are enjoying windfall profits from surging export prices and as an alternative source of disrupted Russian commodities from palladium to coal. But behind the surge in earnings there remain deep seated challenges for the sector, including the cost and availability of electricity delivered by state-owned Eskom and a deterioration in key rail and port export infrastruc ture operated by Transnet.
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