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ANA reports that platinum producer Lonmin on Monday said it was currently reviewing its housing plan in line with the recommendations of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry It indicated that it was confident that it would submit a compliant plan.
This comes after the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) threatened to suspend or even cancel Lonmin’s mining rights at Marikana near Rustenburg if the company failed to provide a “compliant housing plan” for mineworkers. Noting that the company’s revised housing plan had been submitted to the DMR in October 2014 as part of its social and labour plan, Lonmin indicated as follows in a statement: “Following engagement with and directions provided by the DMR in September 2016 requiring certain revisions to Lonmin’s housing plan, the company is currently reviewing its plan and is confident that it will submit a plan that is compliant.” The company also said it had implemented a number of measures as part of its ongoing housing plan.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Lonmin statement in this regard is at Sharenet
- See too, Lonmin confident on housing requirements, at Business Report
- And also, State threats against Lonmin will only harm SA, warns economist, at The Citizen
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