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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Lonmin"”.
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An investigation into transformation within the South African Mining Sector, with particular reference to the regulatory frameworks and mechanisms in which mining firms operate : a case study on Lonmin Plc
… take the form of a case study that focuses on Lonmin Plc. It will first conduct an extensive review of the literature and the transformation framework that applies. Secondly, the research will bring the case study into a current reality by interviewing individual miners, community leaders and …
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Impact of strikes on investors' confidence in the South African mining sector
… ratios of Anglo American, Impala Platinum, Lonmin, Northam Platinum and Aquarius declined significantly from 2012. This is the year that the platinum sector started experiencing major strikes compared to other years. As a result of declining profits, Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum …
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An analysis of the causes and consequences of conflict and violence in A.C. Jordan's The Wrath of the Ancestors and R.L. Peteni's Hill of Fools
… in this country. In 2012 violence occurred in Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana and in 2015 foreign nationals also experienced violence in South Africa. Morovere, the rates of violence against women and children remain high even after all the awareness and efforts to reduce it. This thesis deals …
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Hydrometallurgical extraction of platinum group metals from a low-grade ore concentrate
… produced in the concentrator plant at Lonmin Pic. The PGMs of particular interest are platinum, palladium, ruthenium and rhodium, while the BMs of interest are copper and nickel. The ore concentrate, as a by-product, represents only 5 % of the total PGM value but as much as 70 % of the …
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When Companies Rule: Corporate Political Authority in India, Kenya and South Africa
… plantation and estate in Kenya, and the Lonmin platinum mine and surrounding settlements in South Africa. It finds that company actors are motivated by one or more of three key factors: utopian visions of the society their governance can deliver, a desire to counter resistance to business …
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Exploring the impact of trade union power struggles on the employment relationship in the South African mining sector
… participants in this study were employees of the Lonmin mine in Marikana. A voluntary sample of 12 (N=12) participants for article two were drawn from employees willing to take part in the study. Semi-structured, one-to-one interviews were conducted with each participant in the study. Data …
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An evaluation of natural resources extraction and host communities’ reaction in Nigeria and South Africa 2005-2015
… agencies in ensuring the compliance to SPDC and Lonmin to the extant regulations guiding their oil and platinum extraction activities in Ogoniland, Nigeria and Marikana, South Africa respectively. The study determined challenges faced by government regulatory agencies in ensuring natural …
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Documenting trauma : an analysis of the construction of traumatic collective memory in the first and last scenes of the documentary, Mama Marikana
… strike demanding a living wage of R12500, at the Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana. Thirty-four mineworkers were left dead, seventy-eight were wounded and over two hundred and fifty were arrested. The shooting on 16 August was dubbed the ‘Marikana Massacre’, and has been compared to the lethal use …