A NON-profit organisation called Mining Forum SA said it would interdict the proposed purchase of Lonmin by Sibanye-Stillwater arguing that the platinum producer had not fully met its labour and social plans from 2012, said Fin24.
Mining Forum SA said its court application aimed to force the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to “suspend or revoke” Lonmin’s mining rights, according to the online publication. This was based on claims that Lonmin was, in failing to execute social and labour plans, in breach of the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA).
“In the midst of the rampant capture of state organs, we are concerned by the inaction of the DMR,” Mining Forum SA president, Blessings Ramoba, told Fin24.
Lonmin’s group head of communications Wendy Tlou told Fin24 the firm was “… committed to its social and labour plan programme”. Sibanye-Stillwater had also promised to fulfil all Lonmin’s obligations to surrounding communities, she said. Tlou argued the combination of Lonmin and Sibanye-Stillwater would make a more resilient group.
