Coal hurts Anglo American’s Q1 production, 2019 guidance unchanged

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.

The radical decision would make of the platinum producer the biggest casualty of the ongoing commodity rout that is hurting miners worldwide.

The world’s third-largest platinum producer is also planning layoffs, cutting capex and lowering unit costs.

In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.

This week Volkswagen stopped selling diesel vehicles in Europe while top producer Anglo American announced a 14% surge in output.

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Platinum price up 14% in two weeks gets further boost as Toyota unveils big push into fuel cell cars where PGM loadings are typically 7 times higher.

"There'll always be investors wanting to get in early, but the junior market would only really start to benefit once majors instil investor confidence."