
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) announced the temporary shutdown of the Anglo Converter Plant and declares “force majeur” following an explosion at its plant in South Africa.
- Anglo American is the world’s third largest producer of platinum (“Pt”) and palladium (“Pd”)
- Significant production curtailed due to shutdown, i.e. possible annualized cuts of 500K oz Pt and 300K oz Pd now forecasted for 2020
- Platinum market expected to swing to deficit of 400K oz from surplus of 100K in 2020
- Palladium deficit in 2020 now forecasted to increase from ~500K oz to ~800K oz (300K increase to forecasted deficit) Click here for full article.