…will provoke strikes across the industry that will make Lonmin and Marikana pale in comparison.” Mentions Lonmin and Anglo American Platinum. See http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/mining-matters-1.1456799#comments_start. See also Marikana and Beyond, http://www.rosalux.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Marikana-Labour-01_2013.pdf. …
…producers, including Lonmin, rallied on the news, with platinum prices rising to three-month highs. See http://www.mining.com/amplats-shuts-mines-axes-14000-jobs-and-sends-platinum-prices-skyrocketing-63242/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-130115&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest. Amplats on a collision course with Government, unions Stopping short of threats to suspend…
…of their workers. Speaking to Christiane Amanpour, the billionaire and Lonmin director defended his widely publicised and controversial emails sent to senior government officials the day before the Marikana massacre….
Evidence has emerged that police who mowed down striking Lonmin workers in the “Marikana Massacre” last August, deliberately shot their victims, without taking any steps to arrest them. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12072….
…mine is owned by London-listed Lonmin, in which London-listed Xstrata is a major shareholder. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/06/south-africa-mine-massacre-marikana. Every Thursday: Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign (MMSC) Picket from 4.00pm – 7.00pm South Africa…
