September mining production up 5.3%

South African mining production increased by 5.3% year-on-year in September, the latest data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has shown. Stats SA on Thursday said the main contributors to the increase were iron-ore, which showed the highest positive production growth rate of 38.3% and contributed 5.7 percentage points, followed by coal and manganese ore, contributing 1.8 percentage points and 1.2 percentage points respectively.