Recent strikes in South Africa’s platinum-group metal mines: effects upon world platinum-group metal supplies
Open-File Report
2012-1273
By: Thomas R. Yager, Yadira Soto-Viruet, and James J. Barry
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Abstract
The recent labor disputes over wages and working conditions that have affected South Africa’s three leading platinum-group metal (PGM) producers have affected an industry already plagued by market pressures and labor unrest and raised the specter of constraints in the world’s supply of these metals. Although low demand for these metals in 2011 and 2012 helped to offset production losses of recent years, and particularly those losses caused by the strikes in 2012, a prolonged resumption of strikes could cause severe shortages of iridium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and, to a lesser extent, palladium.
Suggested Citation
Yager, T., Soto-Viruet, Y., Barry, J.J., 2012, Recent strikes in South Africa’s platinum-group metal mines: effects upon world platinum-group metal supplies (Originally posted on December 21, 2012; Revised on September 6, 2013): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1273, iv, 18 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121273.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Recent strikes in South Africa’s platinum-group metal mines: effects upon world platinum-group metal supplies |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2012-1273 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20121273 |
| Edition | Originally posted on December 21, 2012; Revised on September 6, 2013 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | National Minerals Information Center |
| Description | iv, 18 p. |
| First page | i |
| Last page | 18 |
| Country | South Africa |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |