April 29 (Reuters) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd, theworld's fourth-largest platinum miner, reported a fall inrevenue and core operational earnings for the third-quarter froma year earlier.
The miner, which operates in South Africa's platinum beltthat is prone to labour unrest, said mine earnings beforeinterest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was $11million for the quarter ended March 31. It reported mine EBITDAof $30 million a year earlier.
Revenue fell to $60 million from $100 million a year ago.However, revenue and mine EBITDA rose from the previous quarter,driven by higher output at its key Kroondal mine. (Reporting by Karen Rebelo in Bangalore; Editing by GopakumarWarrier)