South Africa's mining production grew by 5.3% year-on-year in September, Statistics South Africa said in a report last week
“The highest positive growth rates were recorded for iron ore (38.3%), manganese ore (20.1%t) and diamonds (15.1%),” Stats SA said. Platinum group metals (PGMs) remained a large negative contributor at -4.1%.
Seasonally adjusted mining production increased by 7% in September 2014 compared with August 2014.
Mining production on the up, but platinum still lags
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