South Africa's mining industry contracts 3.4% in September - report

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(Kitco News) - According to the latest data by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the domestic mining production decreased by 3.4% year-on-year in September 2021.

According to the report, the largest negative contributors were coal (-8.9%, contributing -2.2 percentage points); platinum group metals (-7.5%, contributing -1.7 percentage points); and gold (-6.9%, contributing -0.9 of a percentage point).

On the other hand, Stats SA pointed out that the domestic production of manganese ore (14.2%, contributing 1.2 percentage points) was a significant positive contributor.

Stats SA added that seasonally adjusted mining production in South Africa decreased by 3.7% in September 2021 compared with August 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of -2.0% in August 2021 and 3.6% in July 2021.

Seasonally adjusted mining production in South Africa decreased by 0.6% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2021, the authors of the report noted.

By Vladimir Basov

For Kitco News

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