The South African rand traded lower against its US counterpart in New York deals on Thursday. The rand slipped to a 3-day low of 7.4889 versus the greenback by about 3:35 pm ET, compared to 7.3637 hit late New York Wednesday.

Today, a report by Statistics South Africa said the mining output dropped 15.9% year-on-year in September, faster than a 8.4% fall in the previous month. This was the second consecutive month of fall.

Seasonally adjusted, mining output slipped 6.2% in September. In the quarter ended September, mining output dropped 7.5%, while in the first nine months of the year, output was down 7.7%.

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