Ngokusho kwe-MininWeekly, ukukhiqizwa kwezimayini eNingizimu Afrika kukhuphuke ngo-116.5% ngo-Ephreli ngemuva kokwenyuka ngo-22.5% unyaka nonyaka ngoMashi.
Izinsimbi zeqembu le-Platinum (i-PGM) zinegalelo elikhulu ekukhuleni, ngokukhula konyaka nonyaka okungu-276%; kulandelwe igolide, ngokukhula okungu-177%; i-manganese ore, ngokukhula okungu-208%; kanye ne-iron ore, ngokukhula okungu-149%.
I-First National Bank of South Africa (FNB), umhlinzeki wezinsizakalo zezezimali, ikholelwa ukuthi ukwanda ngo-Ephreli akuyona into engalindelekile, ikakhulukazi ngoba ikota yesibili ka-2020 iholele ekutheni isisekelo sibe phansi ngenxa yokuvinjelwa. Ngakho-ke, kungase kube nokwanda okuphindwe kabili ngonyaka ngoMeyi.
Naphezu kokukhula okunamandla ngo-Ephreli, ngokwendlela yokubala esemthethweni ye-GDP, ukwanda kwekota ngekota ngo-Ephreli kwaba ngu-0.3% kuphela, kanti ukwanda okumaphakathi kwanyanga zonke kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMashi kwaba ngu-3.2%.
Ukukhula okunamandla kwikota yokuqala kubonakale ku-GDP yangempela yemboni. Izinga lokukhula kwekota ngekota lonyaka lalingu-18.1%, okunikele ngamaphuzu angu-1.2% kwizinga lokukhula kwe-GDP yangempela.
Ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwemikhiqizo yezimayini njalo ngenyanga kubalulekile ekukhuleni kwe-GDP kwikota yesibili, kusho i-FNB.
Ibhange lisalokhu linethemba ngamathuba esikhashana okumba. Imisebenzi yezimayini isalindeleke ukuthi isekelwe ukwenyuka kwamanani ezimbiwa kanye nokukhula komnotho okuqinile kwabalingani abakhulu bezohwebo baseNingizimu Afrika.
I-Nedbank iyavuma ukuthi asikho isidingo sokwenza ukuhlaziywa okuvamile konyaka nonyaka, kodwa kunalokho igxile ekuxoxeni ngezinguquko zanyanga zonke ezishintshwe ngezikhathi ezithile kanye nezibalo zonyaka odlule.
Ukukhula kwenyanga ngo-0.3% ngo-Ephreli kuqhutshwe kakhulu yi-PGM, ekhuphuke ngo-6.8%; i-manganese ikhuphuke ngo-5.9% kanti amalahle akhuphuke ngo-4.6%.
Kodwa-ke, umkhiqizo wethusi, i-chromium negolide wehle ngo-49.6%, 10.9% kanye no-9.6% ngokulandelana kusukela esikhathini sokubika esedlule.
Idatha yesilinganiso seminyaka emithathu ikhombisa ukuthi izinga lokukhiqiza lilonke ngo-Ephreli likhuphuke ngo-4.9%.
I-Nedley Bank ithe ukuthengiswa kwezimbiwa ngo-Ephreli kubonise ukuthambekela okukhuphukayo, okukhuphuke ngo-3.2% kusukela enyangeni edlule ngemuva kuka-17.2% ngoMashi. Ukuthengisa kuphinde kwazuza ngokukhula kwesidingo somhlaba wonke, amanani aqinile ezimpahla kanye nokusebenza okuthuthukisiwe emachwebeni amakhulu.
Kusukela esilinganisweni seminyaka emithathu, ukuthengisa kukhuphuke ngokungalindelekile ngo-100.8%, okubangelwa kakhulu yizinsimbi zeqembu le-platinum kanye ne-iron ore, kanti ukuthengisa kwabo kukhuphuke ngo-334% kanye no-135% ngokulandelana. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ukuthengiswa kwe-chromite kanye ne-manganese ore kwehlile.
I-Nedley Bank ithe naphezu kwesisekelo esiphansi sezibalo, imboni yezimayini yenze kahle ngo-Ephreli, iqhutshwa ukukhula kwesidingo somhlaba wonke.
Uma sibheke phambili esikhathini esizayo, intuthuko yemboni yezimayini ibhekene nezici ezingezinhle.
Ngokombono wamazwe ngamazwe, ukuthuthuka kwemisebenzi yezimboni kanye nokwenyuka kwamanani ezimpahla kusekela imboni yezimayini; kodwa ngokombono wasekhaya, izingozi ezimbi ezibangelwa imikhawulo kagesi kanye nezinhlelo zomthetho ezingaqinisekile ziseduze.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhange likhumbuze ukuthi ukwanda kobhubhane lwe-Covid-19 kanye nemikhawulo emnothweni ebangelwe yilo kusasongela isivinini sokululama. (Inethiwekhi Yezinto Ezimbiwayo)