South Africa’s mining output falls 2.6 percent y/y in May

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s total mining output fell 2.6 percent year-on-year in May, the country’s statistics agency said on Thursday.

Gold bars are displayed at South Africa’s Rand Refinery in Germiston May 30, 2006. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Below is the breakdown of the main minerals.

Year-on-year output percentage changes:

May April

Gold -16.2 -5.8 (revised)

PGM 9.6 -6.3 (revised)

Total Mining -2.6 -4.4 (revised)

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