Platinum mines may run short of water in 2016

A hand holds an 80% pure platinum nugget weighing 546 grams which was taken from the Ural Mountains in Russia. The Hereaus family has owned the valuable nugget since 1851. Source: Platinum Guild

Consulting engineering company, SRK, raised the risk that South Africa’s platinum firms may start to run short of water next year if the country’s drought persisted.

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