Recovering platinum miner forging ahead

A one-day wildcat strike at platinum producer Lonmin’s Saffy and Newman operations on March 5 has left mine management embarrassed and disappointed, as the illegal stoppage coincided with a media tour intended to showcase the company’s road to...

Mark Munroe

Position: Executive Vice President: Mining of Lonmin since 2009 Main Activity of the Company: Mining, processing, refining and marketing of platinum group metals Date and Place of Birth: November 24, 1968, Klerksdorp Education: Orkney Primary...

Recovering platinum miner forging ahead

A one-day wildcat strike at platinum producer Lonmin’s Saffy and Newman operations on March 5 has left mine management embarrassed and disappointed, as the illegal stoppage coincided with a media tour intended to showcase the company’s road to...

It’s business unusual at ‘improving’ Lonmin – Munroe

Improvements are under way at Lonmin, the London- and Johannesburg-listed platinum company that was at the epicentre of last-year’s 44-death Marikana tragedy. “It’s business unusual,” according to Lonmin executive VP mining Mark Munroe.

Lonmin says significant safety records achieved at Marikana

London- and Johannesburg-listed Lonmin on Thursday said it had achieved 15-million fall-of-ground (FoG) fatality-free shifts across its Marikana operations and recorded six-million fatality-free shifts at its Karee shaft. “These milestones were...

Member disputes hindering platinum sector – Solidarity

As a newcomer, the Associated Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is stuck in the past, using tactics and industrial relations methods that were employed more than 30 years ago, says trade union Solidarity general secretary Gideon du...

Zero harm is possible – Lonmin

Platinum mining company Lonmin has recorded a 7% improvement in efficiency at the Karee Mine 1 Belt shaft at its Marikana mine in Rustenburg, which its says proves the success of its upgraded training centres and team-effectiveness training. The...

Lonmin deadline extended, union says labour dispute not the only cause of violence

The violence that enveloped Lonmin’s Marikana mine, near Rustenburg, last week was not only the result of a wage dispute between employer and employees, trade union Solidarity said on Monday. Deputy general secretary Gideon du Plessis stated...

Company Announcement: More Safety Accolades for Lonmin

Lonmin, one of the country’s safest miners, has been honoured again for its safety record, this time with an international award: the John T Ryan Trophy

Company Announcement: Lonmin scoops multiple safety awards

Lonmin Plc has been honoured by its peers with a host of prestigious industry safety awards.

Lonmin to spend $400m a year to grow platinum output

World number-three platinum miner Lonmin has revised its capital expenditure (capex) to about $400-million a year until 2015, executive VP for mining Mark Munroe said on Tuesday. The company has earmarked capex of $2-billion for the period 2011...

DRDGold names new CEO for SA unit

Multi listed gold-miner DRDGold appointed Niel Pretorius (39) as its new CEO for its South African operations and Craig Barnes (35) as an executive director and CFO, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.