Lonmin Is Said to Breach Social Plan Needed for Mining License

South Africa issues non-compliance order to platinum miner
Company must resolve issues within specified timeframe

Striking members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) leave after a union meeting outside Lonmin Plc's Wonderkop platinum processing plant in Marikana, South Africa, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.
Photographer: Dean Hutton/Bloomberg

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By Kevin Crowley

September 15, 2017 at 11:16 AM UTC

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Lonmin Plc has been given a deadline by South African authorities to fix non-compliant parts of its social labor plan or risk having its mining right suspended, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Department of Mineral Resources issued a so-called Section 93 notice to the platinum miner relating to shortcomings in Lonmin’s commitment to local development programs, community education and procurement, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the notice hasn’t been made public.