{"id":28518,"date":"2026-03-12T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28518"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:12:08","slug":"sas-mining-sector-shows-growth-in-january","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-mining-sector-shows-growth-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s mining sector shows growth in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) mining sector picked up momentum in January, with production rising 4.6% year-on-year, according to Statistics SA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The increase was driven mainly by strong output in platinum group metals, chromium ore and manganese ore, which together contributed 5.5 percentage points to the overall growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other commodities, including gold and uranium, also recorded positive results, while production of copper, nickel, iron ore, coal and building materials declined compared with January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On a month-to-month basis, seasonally adjusted mining production rebounded by 2.9%, showing a steady recovery for the sector, says Stats SA Principal Survey Statistician Juan-Pierre Terblanche.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The growth highlights the continued importance of SA\u2019s mineral resources in supporting the national economy, despite some setbacks in key bulk minerals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21134,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-28518","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa\u2019s mining sector picked up momentum in January, with production rising 4.6% year-on-year","published_date":"2026-03-12 13:11:48","news_description":"South Africa\u2019s mining sector picked up momentum in January, with production rising 4.6% year-on-year","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28519,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28518\/revisions\/28519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}