sibanyestillwater ltd said thursday that thirdquarter adjusted ebitda fell and that its 2022 us platinum group metals production is now seen at lower end of its forecast while it maintained its south africa pgm production forecast the miner said that adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationwhich strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsfor the third quarter was 496 million compared with 571 million the prior quarter as the south africa pgm operations were hit by electricity shortages thirdquarter us pgm production was 85889 ounces down 40 on year south africa pgm production in the quarter was 432143 ounces down 14 on year while production from gold operations fell 30 in the country to 6366 kilograms for 2022 us pgm production is seen at the lower end of the forecast at 445000460000 ounces with 2022 us pgm capital expenditure seen between 275 million and 285 million the companys 2022 south africa pgm production forecast remains at 175 million to 185 million ounces