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South African mining output falls sharply

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 11, 2016 | 1:30 am Base Metals Energy Precious Metals Africa Coal Gold Iron Ore Palladium Platinum 

Statistics South Africa latest report revealed that during July, the country’s mining output contracted by 5.4% year-on-year, dragged down by: PGMs (-9,6% and contributing -2.0 percentage points) Manganese ore (-24.1% and contributing -1.7 percentage points) 'Other' non-metallic minerals (-27.5% and...

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