| South Africa’s labor issues have affected the country severely, with over 90,000 of South Africa’s miners or 30% of the workforce in the mining sector are now on strike,, said Deutsche Bank in a commodity research note.
Of all the resources, platinum has been hit the hardest. “We estimate that 28% of South African platinum production or 17% of global production has been affected,” they say. It’s possible the output losses could push platinum prices to trade at a premium to gold, the the largest German bank added...............................................Full Article: Source
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