Power cuts implemented by Eskom pose a threat to miners which are among the biggest users of power in the country.
Amplats said it lost 14,000 platinum ounces when Eskom implemented five straight days of power cuts.Anglo American Platinum first quarter production fell 6 percent, hit by problems at Eskom, operational challenges and ore stockpiling in the same period the year before.
Amplats' total platinum group metal production fell 6 percent to 998,900 ounces for the quarter ended March. 31, from 1,062,800 ounces in the same period a year ago. Amplats said the power cuts hit PGM production at its Mogalakwena operations, which declined by 6 percent to 307,200 ounces, and at its Amandelbult operations, which decreased 7 percent to 192,800 ounces.
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