Group performance
| Operating statistics | Six months to 31 December 2018 |
Six months to 31 December 2017 |
% change |
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| Gross refined platinum production | |||||||
| Platinum | (000oz) | 799.8 | 726.7 | 10.1 | |||
| Palladium | (000oz) | 464.1 | 406.0 | 14.3 | |||
| Rhodium | (000oz) | 106.2 | 98.8 | 7.5 | |||
| Nickel | (tonnes) | 8 074 | 7 907 | 2.1 | |||
| IRS metal returned (toll refined) | |||||||
| Platinum | (000oz) | 0.7 | 115.7 | (99.4) | |||
| Palladium | (000oz) | 1.6 | 55.0 | (97.1) | |||
| Rhodium | (000oz) | – | 19.4 | (100.0) | |||
| Nickel | (tonnes) | 1 749 | 1 765 | (0.9) | |||
| Sales volumes | |||||||
| Platinum | (000oz) | 773.4 | 648.8 | 19.2 | |||
| Palladium | (000oz) | 485.5 | 369.7 | 31.3 | |||
| Rhodium | (000oz) | 104.2 | 100.3 | 3.9 | |||
| Nickel | (tonnes) | 5 949 | 6 283 | (5.3) | |||
| Prices achieved | |||||||
| Platinum | (US$/oz) | 829 | 940 | (11.8) | |||
| Palladium | (US$/oz) | 1 035 | 930 | 11.3 | |||
| Rhodium | (US$/oz) | 2 395 | 1 156 | 107.2 | |||
| Nickel | (US$/t) | 13 399 | 10 334 | 29.7 | |||
| Consolidated statistics | |||||||
| Average rate achieved | (R/US$) | 14.18 | 13.42 | 5.7 | |||
| Closing rate for the period | (R/US$) | 14.38 | 12.38 | 16.2 | |||
| Revenue per platinum ounce sold | (US$/oz) | 2 124 | 1 935 | 9.8 | |||
| (R/oz) | 30 118 | 25 968 | 16.0 | ||||
| Tonnes milled ex-mine | (000t) | 10 235 | 9 944 | 2.9 | |||
| PGM refined production | (000oz) | 1 589 | 1 434 | 10.8 | |||
| Capital expenditure | (Rm) | 1 707 | 1 904 | 10.3 | |||
| Group unit cost per platinum ounce | (US$/oz) | 1 502 | 2 076 | 27.6 | |||
| (R/oz) | 21 298 | 27 818 | 23.4 | ||||
| Group unit cost per platinum ounce stock adjusted | (US$/oz) | 1 602 | 1 707 | 6.2 | |||
| (R/oz) | 22 715 | 22 866 | 0.7 | ||||
Additional statistical information is available on the Company's website at www.implats.co.za