Referring to the lost production in South Africa because of labor unrest this year, he said the lost PGM output could be as high as 1.2 million ounces versus 2011 production, referring to the combination of platinum, palladium and rhodium.
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In terms of lives lost, this war in the Horn of Africa compares to that in Congo.
They started off a bit hesitantly and lost to South Africa down in Dunedin for the first time.
In 2005 Unicef estimated that there were 132m children who had lost at least one parent in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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With 37 balls left after the re-start, South Africa lost five wickets in adding only 46 and compiled 118-7.
The Republic of Ireland lost out on a place in South Africa when former Arsenal striker Henry handled the ball in the build-up to the decisive extra-time goal which earned France a 1-1 draw on the night and an aggregate 2-1 win in last year's play-offs.
They were beaten on home soil by world champions South Africa in June and lost two tests in New Zealand later that month.
It includes striking examples, such as the melting glaciers of Kilimanjaro (the highest mountain in Africa) which have lost 80% of their surface area during the twentieth century due to the combined effects of climate change and human activities.
Reigning Tri-Nations champions South Africa have lost both their games in the tournament against New Zealand this year, each time with a northern hemisphere referee.
Despite a famous clean sweep in the Six Nations, Gatland warned that Wales cannot afford to rest on their laurels in South Africa where they have lost all six previous meetings on Springbok turf.
Wales have lost all six previous meetings against the Springboks in South Africa, conceding 266 points, including their all-time record 96-13 defeat at Loftus Versfeld in 1998.
Wales will be without 12 players for the game against a Switzerland side who qualified for the World Cup in South Africa but like Wales have lost their first two Euro 2012 qualifiers.
They lost their recent one-day series against South Africa 4-0, were beaten 4-1 in the West Indies, lost a tri-nations final to Australia and failed to make the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.
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Favourites India lost to New Zealand by nine runs while South Africa impressed in a 59-run win over Pakistan.
In South Africa, Britain's Elena Baltacha lost 2-6 7-6 6-4 to Jarmila Groth in the quarter-finals of the International Tennis Federation event in Johannesburg.
This April will mark 19 years since Zambia's brilliant young team was lost to the sea off the coast of Libreville in one of Africa's worst sporting accidents.
It is also the first time that Australia have lost a series 4-0 since a defeat by South Africa in 1970.
The Nazarath Baptist Church says it "lost" the vuvuzela back in the 1990s when a supporter of South Africa's biggest football team visited the church.
Over the same weekend, South Africa also lost 13 of its soldiers who have been in the violence-rocked country since January to help shore up Mr. Bozize's government.
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They have not lost more than two Tests in a row since 1998, when John Hart's team lost five in a row (three to Australia, two to South Africa).
Yet - within less than a year of that disaster - Zambia fielded a new team that faced Nigeria in the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations Final - and lost by just 2-1.
It said the 57-year-old Halihodzic, who took charge in 2008, had been axed after the Ivorians failed to live up to their favorite status at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola last month and lost in the quarterfinals to Algeria.
Adding a sixth gold star to the famous yellow and green jersey will be difficult -- Brazil lost to Netherlands at the quarterfinal stage at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa -- but not impossible, Ronaldo says.
She lost an archive of photographic work, videos and texts documenting hate crimes in South Africa and gender issues in Africa.
Although Abacha is now dead, 'King Baabu' has lost nothing of its topicality as similar figures remain in power in many countries in Africa and all over the world.
"In a continent in which most of the memory of peoples is transferred orally through storytelling and can be lost, the people in Timbuktu had a written tradition that is quite rare in Africa, " he said.
But critics called his plans for a united Africa impractical, and he lost his bid for a second term as AU chairman in 2010.
England lost the Test series in India 1-0, having been beaten on home soil by South Africa in their previous series, but Miller said the team had "performed creditably against strong opposition".
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