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Platinum price to benefit from approaching “strike season”

There is a renewed risk of strike action at South Africa’s platinum mines as companies are forced to restructure, leading to job cuts. We believe that the platinum market is already quite tight after last year’s strikes and any disruption to production should prompt a price rally.

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