IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Mining production decreased by 2,9% year-on-year in October 2016. The main negative contributors were:
• PGMs (-12,0% and contributing -2,5 percentage points);
• manganese ore (-10,5% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point);
• "other" non-metallic minerals (-14,0% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point); and
• gold (-3,7% and contributing -0,5 of a percentage point).

Iron ore (5,9% and contributing 1,0 percentage point) and coal (4,3% and contributing 1,0 percentage point) were significant positive contributors.

Seasonally adjusted mining production decreased by 1,2% in October 2016 compared with September 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,1% in September 2016 and 2,4% in August 2016.

Seasonally adjusted mining production increased by 0,7% in the three months ended October 2016 compared with the previous three months. Iron ore (contributing 2,3 percentage points) was the largest positive contributor and PGMs (contributing -2,3 percentage points) the largest negative contributor.

Key findings regarding mineral sales for September 2016

Mineral sales increased by 16,6% year-on-year in September 2016. The largest positive contributors to the increase of 16,6% were:
• gold (50,8% and contributing 7,6 percentage points);
• coal (16,5% and contributing 4,2 percentage points);
• PGMs (15,6% and contributing 4,1 percentage points); and
• "other" non-metallic minerals (49,4% and contributing 3,0 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted mineral sales at current prices increased by 3,7% in September 2016 compared with August 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of 8,5% in August 2016 and -11,5% in July 2016.