Lonmin workers down tools in SA

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) reported that workers downed tools at platinum-miner Lonmin’s Limpopo mining operations on Tuesday evening. Lonmin spokesperson Alex Shorland-Ball confirmed on Wednesday that the employees at...

Lonmin denies NUM claims of work stoppage at SA mine

Platinum-group metals-miner Lonmin has denied claims on Friday that a number of workers at its Western Platinum operations, in the North West province of South Africa, were participating in a work stoppage. The National Union of Mineworkers'...

SA mine strike 'counterproductive', says Chamber

South Africa's Chamber of Mines (CoM) was "disappointed" with the strike that curbed mining production in the country on Wednesday, saying that the action was "counterproductive", senior executive Frans Barker told Mining Weekly Online. He said...

Lonmin resumes smelting operations, says up to 10 000 oz deferred

LSE- and JSE-listed platinum producer Lonmin on Monday indicated that it resumed normal smelting operations, with its number one furnace tapping matte on Saturday. “Our estimate of the impact on production and sales of the power down is the...

Daily podcast – July 1, 2008

In today's podcast: Transnet outlines the approach it will take to raising the R36,6-billion it needs to help fund its capital programme, the price of petrol will not increase by the previously indicated 81c a litre, but by a lesser 74c a litre,...

Lonmin shuts SA platinum furnace for at least seven days

World number-three platinum producer Lonmin on Monday said that it had shut down its Number One furnace for at least one week, after it detected a water leak there. Spokesperson Alex Shorland-Ball said that the miner was planning another...

Akanani platinum-group metals (PGMs) project, South Africa

The Akanani deposit has a strike length of around nine kilometres and the Platreef ore body lies at a depth of between 800 m and 2 000 m.

Lonmin hit by number of small smelter explosions, miner says not serious

The world's third-largest platinum producer, Lonmin, on Wednesday denied that there had been any "serious explosions" at its Merensky smelter or that it had failed to report any incidents to the Department of Minerals and Energy...

SA miners’ production still halted, output may resume this week

South African mines on Monday continued to receive only a portion of their power supply from troubled national electricity utility, Eskom, enough to maintain the safety of operations, but not enough to restart production of precious metals. The...

Safety strike hits SA's mine output

The effect on production of the nationwide safety strike held by the National Union of Mineworkers on Tuesday was felt across mines in South Africa, the world's biggest producer of gold and platinum, with mining companies reporting...

NUM consults members, may call off Lonmin strike

South Africa's biggest labour union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), could call off its members' strike at platinum giant Lonmin's Marikana operations after meeting with the firm, a union official said on Wednesday.

Company Announcement: Lonmin signs 5 year transport contract with local community suppliers

Attached please find a press release announcing that Lonmin has signed a five year ore and concentrate transport contract with Dinotshi Transport Holding (Proprietary) Limited (�Dinotshi�) for the Group�s Marikana operations.