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Johannesburg - South Africa's total mining production decreased in October,
Statistics SA said on Thursday.
"Mining production for October 2009 decreased by 8.5% compared with October 2008," the Pretoria agency said.
The total value of mineral sales at current prices for the third
quarter of 2009 decreased by 28.5% compared with the third
quarter of 2008, Statistics SA said.
The major contributors to the decrease of 28.5% were
platinum group metals (contributing -12.4 percentage points or
-R10&nbs;171 0m), coal (contributing -7.5 percentage points or
-R6 140 4m) and manganese ore (contributing -6.6 percentage
points or -R5 384 9m).
The minerals that made a substantial positive contribution to
the change were iron ore (1.4 percentage points or R1 178 4m) and gold (1.1 percentage points or R889 3m).
- Sapa