Palladium hits 6-year high, tracks platinum

SINGAPORE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Palladium jumped to its
highest level in six years on Monday to reflect gains in sister
metal platinum as supply worries persisted in main producer
South Africa.

Palladium <XPD=> rose to $438/443 an ounce from $436/441 an
ounce late in New York on Friday.

Platinum <XPT=> rose $1,887/1,895 an ounce from
$1,880/1,888 late in New York.

South Africa has appealed to mining companies for help in
cutting power consumption to ease a power crisis caused by the
failure of electricity generation to match economic growth.
(Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)