South Africa's all-important platinum mining industry has been plunged into near-crisis with mines being closed and planned expansions shelved as a combination of negative factors bite into current cash flows and future prospects.The most high profile impact so far has been the resignation of Anglo American Platinum chief executive Neville Nicolau - apparently after a bust up with Anglo American Corporation pic chief executive Cynthia Carroll, (see Bush Telegraph page 7).
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