Nine platinum shafts closed, platinum M&A opportunities, tough Amplats action on way

摘要

IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has told Parliament that nine platinum mining shafts have been closed in the last six months and 3 332 workers have lost their jobs in the troubled platinum mining sector in the same period. Read on page 12 of this edition of Mining Weekly of the shaft closures being the consequence of the unfavourable economic climate and some temporary closure being the result of violent strike action.