Govt-enforced safety stoppages lacerate Amplats, Lonmin platinum production

Soaring government-enforced safety stoppages at South African platinum mines have lacerated the production performances of mining companies Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Lonmin, latest production reports indicate. Both companies indicate that they are discussing more appropriate safety mechanisms with the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and Lonmin warns that its metal sales and unit costs will continue to be adversely impacted should the current trend of production losses from safety persist.

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