South Africa is the world's largest gold and platinum producer and the second-largest coal exporter.

Even platinum futures fell, despite pre-election violence in South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer.

The rally was supported by the threat of supply disruptions from South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer, if racial violence there continues, several analysts said.

January deliveries had risen $7 in the three previous sessions on news of strike-related mine closings in South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer.

The album featured production by now platinum producers Carnival Beats.

It is the only palladium and platinum producer in the USA.

The world's top two platinum producers, both based in South Africa, are facing strikes over wage disputes.

One factor that could give platinum a lift is the tension in the Soviet Union, the world's second-largest platinum producer.

Shares in Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, rose 2 percent, to 581 pence.

Lonmin's South African mines make it the world's third-largest platinum producer.