AQP - attracting attention today, saw this earlier
"Platinum for October delivery surged 2.7 per cent to settle at $US1,649.60 a troy ounce – a five-month high – as strikes at platinum mines in South Africa continued. South Africa produces 75 per cent of the world's platinum.
Anglo American Platinum Ltd, the world's largest platinum producer, yesterday suspended its Rustenburg platinum operations out of concern for worker safety. Anglo American Platinum employees are not on strike.
Despite lower output, "the platinum market is set to remain in surplus in the near term, as concerns about growth in China linger," Barclays said."
