Eskom Interrupted Power to BHP Billiton Aluminum Smelter on Low Supplies

Bloomberg reported that power to BHP Billiton’s (NYSE:BHP) South Africa smelters was cut due to low power supplies.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Eskom also invoked power-reduction agreements with large customers it can’t name “more frequently, almost daily,” Hilary Joffe, a spokeswoman for Johannesburg-based Eskom said by phone today.

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