With over 80% of platinum miners incurring losses owing to low platinum prices and rising operating costs, all industry stakeholders must come together to find sustainable solutions to the challenging operating climate, platinum miner Lonmin public affairs and communications executive VP Lerato Molebatsi urged on Thursday. Speaking at training and conference company Intelligence Transfer Centre’s seventh yearly Women in Mining conference, in Johannesburg, she pointed out that this was particularly urgent as wage talks in the platinum sector were scheduled to start in the coming months.
