Global platinum shortage when corona epidemic hits South Africa?
Seventy percent of the world’s platinum supply comes from South African mines. Will the coronavirus force a full shutdown of SA’s mines? As of today, 23 March 2020, SA is the country in Africa with the most confirmed coronavirus cases; 402, up by 128 in one day. Almost one in five South Africans are infected with HIV. That’s seven million people. Sixty percent of these also suffer from tuberculosis. Nearly […]