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The average Rand basket price at R10,859 per PGM ounce was 5.5% lower than the prior year period, a reduction which was anticipated in our Business Plan. Unit costs for the quarter were contained to R10,949 per PGM ounce, a 5.5% year on year increase notwithstanding the 8.2% year on year increase in labour costs set in the multi-year wage agreement in 2014. Unit costs in Q1 are seasonally high due to the distorting impact of the holiday period in December and unit costs are expected to reduce over the course of the year in-line with guidance of R10,400 per PGM ounce for the full year.
The average Rand basket price at R10,859 per PGM ounce was 5.5% lower than the prior year period, a reduction which was anticipated in our Business Plan. Unit costs for the quarter were contained to R10,949 per PGM ounce, a 5.5% year on year increase notwithstanding the 8.2% year on year increase in labour costs set in the multi-year wage agreement in 2014. Unit costs in Q1 are seasonally high due to the distorting impact of the holiday period in December and unit costs are expected to reduce over the course of the year in-line with guidance of R10,400 per PGM ounce for the full year.