Mining production still plagued by industry issues

Mining production decreased by 4.2% year-on-year in June, following May’s 1.5% year-on-year dip.

Mining production and sales statistics published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Thursday shows that gold was the largest negative contributor at -16% and contributing -2.1 percentage points, followed by diamonds at -33.2% and contributing -1.7 percentage points.