JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The month of January marked a surprising resilience in South Africa’s mining sector, with overall production up 4.6% year-on-year despite severe flooding in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The January production increase was on top of a 2.8% output rise in December. The increase in chromium was a standout at 37.3%, followed by the 12.5% increase in manganese production.