Anglo American Platinum’s decision to scale back its planned production cuts mean that the global platinum industry is better supplied than had appeared likely. We suspect that further mine closures will thus be necessary to cause prices to rally from the current unsustainably low levels. Consequently, prices may recover later than we anticipated, but they should still rise by a fifth by the end of 2014.
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