[miningmx.com] – ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) said it interim headline earnings would fall to as little as 20 cents a share from 514 cents a share in the previous financial year owing to the five month strike.
Basic earnings per share for the six month period to end-June was expected to decrease to between 130 cents and 180 cents from 468 cents for the comparative period, it said.
Basic earnings for the period include a gain of R243m, equivalent to 93 cents per share, arising on the final phase of the refinancing transaction with Atlatsa Resources Corp, it said in a statement to the JSE.
The company, which is controlled by Anglo American, is due to report its operating and financial interim figures on July 21.
