South Africa's Pgm Production Up In January

Statistics SA announced on Thursday that the country’s production of platinum group metals increased by 3.3 per cent in January,

The agency said the sector made the most significant contribution to the country's overall mining production with a rise of 7.7 per cent over the course of the month. It was the first improvement since July 2008.

PGM mineral sales were 11.2 per cent lower in 2009 than in the previous year. The fall for the whole of the mining sector was 22.7 per cent.