Key findings: P2041 - Mining: Production and sales, September 2025
Production: results for
September 2025
Mining production
increased by 1,2% year-on-year in September 2025. The largest positive
contributors were:
·
PGMs (3,8% and
contributing 1,1 percentage points);
·
gold (5,9% and
contributing 0,6 of a percentage point); and
·
coal (1,5% and
contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).
Manganese ore (-7,0% and contributing -0,5 of a percentage point) and
iron ore (-2,2% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point) were the largest
negative contributors.
Seasonally adjusted mining production increased by 2,2% in September
2025 compared with August 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,9%
in August 2025 and 1,2% in July 2025.
Seasonally adjusted mining production
increased by 2,5% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the second quarter
of 2025. The largest positive contributors were:
·
PGMs (6,7% and
contributing 1,7 percentage points);
·
manganese ore (6,8% and
contributing 0,5 of a percentage point); and
·
coal (1,0% and
contributing 0,3 of a percentage point).
Iron ore (-1,1% and contributing -0,2
of a percentage point) was the largest negative contributor.
Mineral sales: results for September 2025
Mineral sales at current prices increased by 16,6% year-on-year in
September 2025. The largest positive contributors were:
·
PGMs (53,8% and
contributing 11,3 percentage points);
·
gold (60,4% and
contributing 9,6 percentage points); and
·
chromium ore (12,5% and
contributing 1,1 percentage points).
The largest negative contributors were coal (-9,8% and contributing -2,5
percentage points) and manganese ore (-22,9% and contributing -1,8 percentage points).
Seasonally adjusted mineral sales at current prices increased by 8,2% in
September 2025 compared with August 2025. This followed month-on-month changes
of -2,8% in August 2025 and 10,6% in July 2025.
Seasonally adjusted mineral sales at
current prices increased by 8,2% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the
second quarter of 2025.