CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Australian mining and metals company South32 Limited (SOUHY.PK, SHTLF.PK) reported that its third-quarter production of metallurgical coal increased 34% to 1.57 million tonnes, from 1.17 million tonnes in the same quarter last year.
Metallurgical coal sales for the quarter rose 10% to 1.54 million tonnes from the previous year.
Worsley Alumina saleable alumina production increased by 1% to 2.89 million tonnes in the nine months ended March 2021.
Hillside Aluminium saleable production decreased by 1% to 537 thousand tonnes in the nine months ended March 2021 as the smelter continued to test its maximum technical capacity, despite the impact from increased load-shedding.
South Africa Energy Coal saleable production decreased by 14% to 15.0 million tonnes in the nine months ended March 2021 with reduced demand from Eskom impacting domestic sales.
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