Mining Weekly reported Royal Bafokeng Platinum (FWB:7BF) said platinum output fell drastically in the first quarter due to 54 safety stoppages.

As quoted in the market news:

The midtier platinum-group metals miner delivered 532 000 t of ore to the concentrators during the first quarter of 2012. This compared with 550 000 t delivered in the first quarter of 2011 and 496 000 t of ore in the fourth quarter.

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