South African Gold Output Plunges Most Since 2015 in September
- Gold production declined 19% from a year earlier, agency says
- Total mining output retreated 1.8%: Statistics South Africa
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South African gold production plunged the most in almost four years in September.
Output retreated 19 percent from a year earlier, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said in a statement Thursday. Overall mining output fell 1.8 percent, while production of platinum-group metals increased 7.2 percent, it said.