by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 21, 2012
LONDON – “You can never have enough enemies,” Tiny Rowland once boasted, but even the buccaneering tycoon who built what is now Lonmin plc might blench before the “perfect storm” it faces after South African police killed 34 strikers at...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 23, 2012
Gavin Capps looks at how platinum has taken centre stage in South Africa’s mining industry—and how workers have paid the cost Platinum mining is a big part of South Africa’s economy. South Africa holds 88 percent of the world’s platinum reserves and...