The Corporate Make-up of the Mining Industry in South Africa: Profit Survey 2023
…a select few has bought their loyalty to big business, as epitomised by the 9% stake in Lonmin of Cyril Ramaphosa, whose urging of police action led to the Marikana…
The Marikana Massace – 11 Years Later
…to Lonmin’s in-house smelter operation. It is clear that Lonmin’s mining assets were worth much more than either company let on at the time. The real reason that Lonmin’s managers…
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23 August – Resisting Mining Book Club Extra: The Bermuda Connection
Lonmin was the corporation responsible for urging the South African state to carry out the massacre of 34 striking mineworkers on 16 August 2012. Lonmin refused to negotiate with its…
16 August – Eleventh Anniversary of the Marikana Massacre
On 16 August 2012 the South African police shot dead 34 platinum miners on strike for a living wage from their employer Lonmin, a descendant of notorious UK company Lonrho,…