According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in January this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa decreased by 1.8 percent, while the country’s manganese ore production index fell by 7.4 percent, both month on month. In the given month, South Africa’s nickel production rose by 19.3 percent month on month. On year-on-year basis, in January this year South African iron ore production w...